San Diego landscape designer Amelia B. Lima created this awesome living wall after seeing a Patrick Blanc vertical garden in Paris.  Lima had been trying to decide what to do with this 40-ft-long stretch of block wall she faced from her living room and kitchen windows for some time and hadn't come up with an option that really excited her until she saw Blanc's walls.  She researched Blanc's technique and duplicated it at her home.

You can read about what it takes to create a wall like this on page 78 of our current issue or click here. 

You might also find Matthew McGregor-Mento's experience with building a Blanc-type green wall helpful.  He describes it in detail on his blogspot.  His time-lapse video of same is also fun.

Also see Julie's post about meeting Blanc when he was in San Francisco.  It's worth a look just to see Blanc's green hair!