The Vertical Garden: From Nature to the City | 
 enlarge | Author: Patrick Blanc
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co.
Category: Book
List Price: $60.00
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 82407
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 192
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 13.2 x 10.7 x 0.9
ISBN: 0393732592
Dewey Decimal Number: 684.18
EAN: 9780393732597
ASIN: 0393732592
Publication Date: August 17, 2008
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Product Description
The secrets of plants that cling, grip, and climb, from the inventor of the vertical garden.
Patrick Blanc, an artist with a green thumb, has created dozens of his admired botanical tapestries in public and private spaces around the world, including the Marithe & Francois Girbaud boutique in Manhattan; the Jean Nouvel-designed Quai Branly Museum in Paris; the aquarium in Genoa; the Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok; and the 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art in Kanazawa, Japan. In this luscious, oversize, all-color book, he explains how to create plant walls using more than one thousand plants, drawing on his observation of natural milieus, his technique of growing on vertical surfaces, his savoir faire, and his passion for plants.
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 so interesting yet so cheesy November 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The gardens themselves are obviously quite beautiful, but the book is like a parody of fashion, graphic design, and garden making.
If you want to see patrick blanck with green hair laying in a waterfall, or have a penchant for gold lettering and oversaturated images, then buy the book. If you want to learn something, dont bother, unless you are making a book about yourself and are wondering which vacation photos to include to make yourself look foolish.
 The green man's the dude October 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Saw him live. Funny man and a genius in his own rights. The book is a bit of a dry read and the design is disappointing. Not user friendly in regards to extract the "know how" to create your own vertical garden. If you're patient, it's content heavy. I would've liked more technical information on how to make it myself.
 A must for anyone who wants to create a magnificent arrangement of plant life September 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
A different type of garden, designed for an area where real estate is invaluable, "The Vertical Garden: The Nature of the City" is Patrick Blanc's look at these creations that can be created in almost any urban setting. To the city they bring a visually pleasing image in an area where people only ever see is asphalt and concrete. The gardens can range from any height, from half a story tall to slowly growing up the sides of skyscrapers. Covering the history and skills involved in creating such gardens, "The Vertical Garden" is a must for anyone who wants to create a magnificent arrangement of plant life and doesn't have much horizontal to work with.
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