Day 252 - Paris Design Week 2013: Vertical Garden and more

Today is the first day of the Paris Design Week 2013.

One of the projects that can bee seen is L'Oasis d'Aboukir, a vertical garden created by Patrick Blanc.
Patrick Blanc is not only a botanist, he is also the inventor of the Vertical Garden.

 L'Oasis d'Aboukir is 25 meteres high (5 floors) and it is made from 7,600 plants.

Photo's by Patrick Blanc

Day 103 - Design your own string garden (DIY)

Fedor van der Valk designed so-called string gardens.

Instead of putting palants and flowers in pots or vases, he uses self-supporting,
hanging containers.