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Following this weeks Theme: Green:
This is a striking Vertical Garden up the side of the Athenaeum Hotel. I pass it daily. It echoes Green Park, over the road. It provides an important haven of biodiversity for the capital. It's a fairytale wall, erupting with trailing tendrils and flowers eight storeys high above Piccadilly's red buses like a living tapestry. As well as hosting native plants and flowers, it boasts the world's biggest collection of non-nettly-looking nettles - or Urticaccae. This humid microclimate is the perfect spot for the more exotic species. The man behind the living wall is the award-winning artist and research scientist Patrick Blanc. He's on a mission to transform concrete walls into beautiful havens of biodiversity. His famous Vertical Gardens hang all over the world, from Bangkok to Paris, New York to Tokyo… this was his first in the UK.
So here is the deal: I'll show you the wall... and on Monday (Dec. 3rd) could you all be so kind to find something "green" to upload for my Birthday! 
I'm still looking for a green cake but no luck, so far no luck... I'll be drinking a few bottles of "Vinho Verde" (Green Wine) to celebrate! Plenty mint tea next day... A green image will be so well received...
PS- The time in my camera is wrong!!! Opps.... Shots were taken around 9am...
| Brand: | NIKON CORPORATION |
| Camera: | Nikon D3000  Check out Nikon Nation! |
| Lens: | 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 G VR |
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 27 Nov 2012 - 8:23 PM |
| Focal Length: | 18mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/3.5 |
| Aperture: | f/4.0 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/200sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 100 |
| Exposure Mode: | Not Defined |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Auto, Fired, Return detected |
| White Balance: | Auto |
| Title: | The Living Wall |
| Username: | 
Chinga |
| Uploaded: | 29 Nov 2012 - 1:55 PM |
| Tags: | Close-up / macro, Flowers & plants, General, Green, Humour / fun, Specialist / abstract, Wildlife / nature |
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| Votes: | 43 |
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Comments
Marvellous! Now that is definitely a living wall. A great set of shots.
Lavina
What a wonderful wall, Isabel, so very attractive. Unfortunately the parthenocissus climbing up it is going to play havoc with the rendering, I had to tear all mine down because the roots had made their way into the walls and were letting water seep through 
. Got my 'green' image all ready for you on Monday 
Carol
Great set Isabel, a haven for insects.
Regards
Trev.
Well I think it's great idea but not on my home lol. we had a Russian vine that went up over the roof the first year, the insects that came with it were en-mass including great big spiders, plus it blotted out the light. Nice to see and beneficial to the environment. A very pleasing set Isabel, I like them all, will find some thing green or manipulate some thing just for you, regards Leon.
I am guessing the people behind the window sit and vegetate!! Bad joke!! It's a great idea and really like your shot! Shall do my best to find something green for Monday!!
Great set to illustrate the narrative perfectly. We'll see what we can find for monday. Don.
what can i say all well captured and plenty of different shades ,interesting shots.
billy
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