Wow, has anyone seen this book? It describes
greening our cities, in what amounts to large scale hydroponics on the
side of large buildings in Paris. After attending the Eco-Cities
International conference in San Francisco last year, where it was
proposed Cities could be the solution, not the problem, this book give me
hope. If nothing else, a way to cool and beautify our cities of
concrete.
Take a look:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63D2UkkTtBQ
The book is available at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
bookstore, among many others I noticed when strolling through last
week. I work there, but am still amazed at the selection store
manager Gail Milliken has stocked, including all the Permaculture books
you have heard of and more.
Maybe you are still looking for last minute gifts? Here are some
more I stumbled upon while wandering through this beautiful little gem of
a gift store. Of course you can always find them on Amazon, but you
won't be supporting your local institutions, and keeping your tax dollars
in your own home town. We have to start thinking in this selfish
way, hometown first, corporations, last. Margie Bushman, SB
Permaculture Network
(Currently, all books 20% off, 25% if SBBG Member)
- Firescaping, Creating Fire Landscapes in California's
Diverse Environment, by Douglas Kent
- Nature's Beloved Son, Rediscovering John Muir's Botanical Legacy
- The Olive In California, by Judith Taylor
- The Home Orchard, developed especially for use by backyard
orchardists .
- Roots Demystified by Robert Kourik
- Enduring Seeds, by Gary Nabhan
- River Song children's book with CD
- Emeralds Journey, A Child's Summer with a Horny Toad Hatchling
- American Household Botany, Judith Summer
- Renewing Americas Food Traditions, edited by Gary Nabhan.
- THE SUNFLOWER FOREST: Ecological Restoration & The New Communion
With Nature
- by William R. Jordan III, Interesting and thoughtful examination of
the philosophies and practicalities of ecological restoration.
- "Ecological resoration is one of today's most constructive,
hopeful, and provocative environmental movements, and William Jordan III
is its leading visionary." -- Michael Pollan
- many, many others...
contact info:
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1212 Mission Canyon Rd
Santa Barbara, CA, 9101
(805) 682-4726, ext.112
20% discounts if you buy between now and Christmas,
an extra 5% if you mention you received this email. Gail Milliken
has been so good to us through the years, always willing to stock
whatever books on permaculture or sustainability we mentioned, until, at
this point it is a destination stop to not only find what you need, but
to get tempted by other related topics.
Recently in Melbourne for the International Design
Festival and to celebrate his latest installation at Melbourne Central,
French
botanist and artist Patrick
Blanc continues to wow people around the world
with his vertical gardens.
Unlike many Australian green walls, Blanc’s gardens are not made with
engineered panels. Instead Blanc uses plants that will grow on felt
sheets. “I only use plants that grow in the wild on rock faces,” he
has said.
His new book, The Vertical Garden, is, according to publisher John
Wiley and Sons, “a luscious, oversized, full-colour book featuring
Blanc’s installations in Madrid, Paris, Bangkok, New York, Melbourne,
Sydney and many more.”
It is available from bookstores for AU$77.95.
Last month, The Age
reported that Blanc
works as both a scientist and an artist. He is:
- employed by France’s National Centre for Scientific
Research to conduct field research and write up his findings. The lines
between his professional interests are so blurry as to be non-existent,
he insists, but it’s the vertical garden sideline that has made his
name and inspired a legion of imitators.
- “This is not a bad thing because I cannot cover all the walls of
the world by myself,” he says of this sincerest form of flattery.
“I’m especially ‘appy because all of the ones I see until now are
not very good.”
Below is a building facade designed by Blanc in Madrid, Spain.
Photo:
Adaptiveruse.
To listen to an ABC radio interview with Blanc about choosing the plants
for his walls, click
here and scroll
down, or
listen (336) here.
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Below: press arrow to view a video documentary of
some of Patrick Blanc’s spectacular Parisian walls:
Margie
Margie Bushman
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
(805) 682-4726, ext 101
mbushman@sbbg.org
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