Vertical Garden: The art of organic architecture


	Vertical Garden: The art of organic architecture

chiggles

7-21-2008 2:24 PM

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vertical garden, gardening, green

chiggles says:

Growing greenery on walls of all shapes and sizes.

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12-20-2008 3:07 PM

balthazarus

great idea

12-20-2008 5:11 PM

AcesLucky

bug control, dead foliage... nutrients, weeds, fungus, climate control (outside)... is it more trouble than it's worth? Not if they were growing food. See Earth 3.0

3-10-2009 12:15 PM

chiggles

i don't see any trouble with it. could be applied with principles of permaculture, be self-sustaining (no outputs from our hands), and also include flowers that will draw predators for the insects that would feast upon its greenery.

9-13-2009 12:19 PM

lollipop10

Absolutely beautiful.

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