In search of Patrick Blanc’s green walls in Paris, my botanist friend and photographer, Kathryn O’Donnell, of www.botanicus.com and I first encountered and photographed the lush 650-foot Green Wall at The Museé du Quai Branly. Capturing actual and virtual green was the ecological plan. While I was familiar with Christo’s environmental wraps, Patrick Blanc’s green wall installations were totally new to me….and very exiting to see. Actually, the seeds for this current vertical garden popularity originated by botanist Professor Stanley Hart White at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1938. We are all part of a continuum…
