Ken Belson of the New York Times has written an interesting piece about green walls which looks at the green wall as a source of food production. Belson talks to a varied number of designers, universities and manufacturers about the green walls as food production. He also states that at $500 a panel they aren’t for everyone.
Belson has a great quote he cites from Paul Mankiewicz, the executive director of the Gaia Institute in New York.
“We have 30 miles of rooftop in New York City and maybe 3,000 miles of walls,”
Read the article at the SOURCE: New York Times – The Rooftop Garden Climbs Down a Wall
