If you read Wired, then you probably already saw this thing. I thought it was so cool that I wanted to share it. The photo is of the “living wall” on the Athenaeum Hotel in London. This wall is one of the several architectural/gardening hybrid creations by Patrick Blanc. The wall is covered with felt and mesh, in which the plants take root. There is a watering system that keeps the felt hydrated. I’m not sure who to credit this photo with, I just found it on Google images. Wired hasn’t published this article on the web, yet. But the photo that they have is incredible.
Blanc first dabbled with this idea, as a kid, when he suspended some plants on the wall in his bedroom, with the roots running into his aquarium. Aquariums and plants? I feel like I could be friends with this guy.