Foreword
Preface
Introduction
The history of vertical gardening
- From classical gardening to green walls
- Green walls by Patrick Blanc . . . and his followers
Patrick Blanc's vertical garden
- Build your own little wall
- Upkeep and good health of the wall
Other techniques
- Growing climbers and trellis plants
- Do-It-Yourself
- Ready-to-install vertical gardens
Compositions
Following the vertical garden concept
- Foliage wall
- Mosquito-repellent wall
- Epicurean wall
- Aromatic herb wall
- Perfumed wall
- Wall of mosses . . . or almost!
- Wall of ferns
- Black and white checkerboard
"Home-made" installations
- Compartments of ferns
- Patchwork of succulents
- Circle of Sempervivums
- Circle of thyme
Conventional in-ground planting
- Screen of winter jasmine
- Spotted tapestry
- Scented column
- Grid for a large wall
- Wall of vegetables
- Idea for closing off the vegetable garden
- Drain dressed with a clematis
- Bicolor frieze to frame a door
- Decorating the base of a tree trunk
- Climbers on a ladder
- Hazel bundles for annuals
- Stone wall with a curtain of aromatics
Useful Addresses
Photo Credits
Index