Walk through any city and you’ll notice how much vertical space is literally dead bare concrete.
Spanish botanist and the founder of “Paisajismo Urbano” Ignacio Solano has spent more than 20 years turning these walls alive. In this conversation, Ignacio Solano explains how modern vertical gardens have moved far beyond their high-maintenance reputation – he says today’s systems need just one maintenance visit a year while producing three times more oxygen than a conventional green space. And Latin America seems to be way ahead on this: while European cities typically have just a handful of living walls, Buenos Aires, Mexico City and Bogotá each have hundreds. We also talk about who can actually build these gardens: Ignacio says it’s not just botanists and architects – everyday enthusiasts can learn his system in five days (it’s a paid course) and go on to transform their cities.
Can you imagine what all cities could look like if we stopped treating walls as dead surfaces?
