I was reading an article in WIRED magazine about Patrick Blanc and his famous vertical wall gardens when I read the following:
Forty-five years on, the French botanist’s gardens have grown massive in scale. One inside a Portuguese shopping mall is larger than four tennis courts, and there’s one in Kuwait that’s almost as big. [Source]
So I did a bit of googling and found this article from January of this year that says:
360 MALL announced the latest addition to its unique retail offer, with the creation of the world’s largest indoor living wall. This innovative vertical garden marks a new eco-friendly element to the 360 Mall on offer…
…Patric Blanc, a botanist and the inventor of the Vertical Garden said: “This vertical garden is set to become a must-see destination for people in Kuwait and beyond. It is something people will want to see and experience for themselves. [Source]
I’ve been to 360 Mall a few times and never noticed the vertical garden so I checked for some images of the mall online and found the picture above on Ansam’s blog showing the vertical garden. I don’t think a lot of people have noticed it before, maybe they should add a plaque or something in front of it. It’s interesting.
Here is a link to Patrick Blanc’s website. [Link]
30 replies on “World’s largest indoor vertical garden in Kuwait”
A plaque? lol
“Here resides the largest living wall in the world, it’s green.”
Many people do tend to miss, or rather take it for granted – i did it too !! the first three times i went to visit. Anyways many of the plants remind me of being back home. Appreciate that here in kuwait they do try (I mean all out) to copy nature.
Looks nice
we’re waiting for the give away!
its an amazing place in 360. too bad all the shops in that area are still under construction. when i passed there i found out that Lenotre, Lorenzo, Cacao, B+F and Meat Company are opening there.
cool, must get around to go and see that sometime.
At first, I thought you were referring to mold, but that is really cool! 🙂
looks nasty…a possible repository for bugs..
rat:
wow, negative are we? I’m sure they take precautions and go through procedures against bugs.
3azeez: Sorry today its for the ladies only 🙂
i must say I’ve been to 360 a couple of times but haven’t noticed it 🙁
btw Mark: I can’t see my comment on the giveaway, and i don’t want to double post…
Awesome
pinkdress: it should be there now, for some reason A LOT of comments are going straight into spam
Very great look
looks nice!
I think it’s kinda cool!… much better than totally dull and boring walls you found on some malls 🙂
i’ve been to CR few times there so i saw it and love it
its soooo overrated
i noticed it all right cause i read about it… but it simply looks like something my mom used to have in our old house indoors… the plant that walks over the house ele every one had in their homes in the 1980’s!
Whats so special about it? i failed to see sra7a…
That was the first thing I headed out to when I first went there, vertical gardens are becoming a new trend in architectural circuits so I was excited to see a living wall for the first time.
i want that in to be my house front .. !
I saw the vertical garden was not impressed however on learning here that it is the largest and by some famous guy it’s sounding more interesting. Agree it needs a plaque explaining it’s significance.
Mark you; you’re always wired – aren’t we?
🙂
I think 360 has a sort of artistic finesse to it.. The hanging gardens, the day and night sections with the complimenting chandeliers (which are gorgeous) and the choice of flooring materials used.. Bravo Tamdeen!
The fact that you just said “the day and night sections” tells me you are connected to tamdeen.
thats really nice and its new concept 2 know abt it. i am really intrestedto know abt it . pls let me know that if i could know any thing more abt it
its the world largest fading vertical garden now.
I fell in love with the Vertical Garden when I first saw it. I asked my interior designer friend to find out how one could replicate this in the house.