Vertical Gardens

Bringing nature into urban environments has always been a challenge; one of the most spectacular solutions to this problem is the vertical garden. This is the first publication to present a collection of some important examples of this emerging trend. Not content with projecting gardens and cultivating plants on horizontal terrain, those who create vertical gardens apply the principles of hydroponics (a technique of growing plants in water containing dissolved nutrients) and use ingenious framing systems that allow luxuriant compositions of plant life to colonize the exteriors of buildings. Vertical Gardens explores this phenomenon in thematic sections. With 185 colour illustrations.