Not only do they look striking—as proven by the 15 vertical garden ideas below—living walls can actually make you healthier, both physically and mentally. Research has shown that air-purifying green ...

Vertical gardens, or ‘green walls’, have become a popular feature for new buildings, though until now they have always been more of an accent piece—typically reserved for just one wall or a small ...

Long relegated to corporate atriums and hotel lobbies, living green walls, or vertical gardens, are becoming increasingly popular in homes. Proponents of the lush walls of plants say they provide ...

Surprisingly, green walls are a relatively new concept; in fact, the idea was first popularized by French botanist Patrick Blanc in the 1980’s. Hence, this might explain why the design community still ...

Every month should be Earth Month. As more people realize how sacred the environment truly is, some are choosing to bring nature into their homes with aesthetically pleasing living green walls or ...

Patrick Blanc is a French botanist and designer who invented the concept of the vertical garden and has been on a quest to green walls across the planet with his plant-based creations for the last 25 ...

We’ve written about Gsky’s breathtaking large scale vertical gardens before, but did you know that you can use their simple systems to create a green-walled oasis of your own? That’s right, the ...

Facades are a building’s most visible element, and adding plants offers entirely new dimensions of texture, symbolism, and seasonal dynamism. As French botanist and green-wall pioneer Patrick Blanc ...

Exposed brick? Venetian plaster? Good — but not good enough! In the modern townhouse at 305 Degraw St. in Cobble Hill, $7.2 million won’t just buy you 6,000 square feet of sunlight-splashed elegance, ...

The vertical intersection of the inner corner on the northwest side also divides the building into tower and podium, giving the building a more slender appearance." Nion's sustainability features will ...