Vertical Gardens in Paris
  • 19
  • Aug
  • 2009

Alisa Gould-Simon wrote something about it for Gridskipper : 

The hottest trend in Parisian garden design is the vertical garden — walls of plants arranged like living tapestries that provide green space without taking up square footage. And the maestro of the vertical garden is French green-haired botanist Patrick Blanc, whose copyrighted murs végétaux are revolutionizing urban gardens worldwide (and inspiring plenty of knock-offs on his home turf). Blanc’s gardens are ingenious works of art, planted without soil on a durable frame of PVC, metal, and non-biodegradable felt, with a built-in pump watering system that allows them to thrive for years. 

The Club Med Champs Elysées, corner of the Champs Elysées 70  Rue Pierre Charron has such a vertical garden. It  contains plants meant to represent the five continents, to help set the mood for … would-be travelers planning their organized voyages around the planet. It’s all part of the group’s effort to go upscale, creating a space that also incorporates modern design and a multitude of screens projecting images of faraway locales in a space it calls “an embassy of dreams.” Blanc’s wall is lit at night and visible from the exterior.

Others are Parking des Ternes,38 Avenue des Ternes,75017 Paris – Hôtel Pershing Hall, 49,Rue Pierre Charron, 75008 Paris ( it’s nice to have a drink at the bar next to the vertical garden)- Musée du Quai Branly,55 Quai Branly,75007 Paris - Fondation Cartier,261, Boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris , the wall at the entrance was plantede a decade ago - Bhv Homme,36, rue de la Verrerie 75004 Paris , the wall was meant to make a narrow street more lively and it looks like a painting to me.

The love trees
  • 14
  • Aug
  • 2009

While strolling along the beautiful Seine, don’t forget to pass by the love trees at Quai des Tuileries. A lot of lovers before you have carved their names in it. For some of us a nice romantic idea ?! 

See some beautiful pictures of it on the site of Ivan Terestchenko Photography blog.

Fitzcarraldo@La Vilette
  • 13
  • Aug
  • 2009

I got a mail of VINGT Paris telling that they plan to attend Fitzcarraldo film screening at La Villette next Sunday 16 August 2009 from 8:00 p.m. at:

Parc de la Villette
Prairie du Triangle
Metro : Porte de Pantin

You will find VINGT Paris because they will be handling colorful balloons! So there’s no way you miss them!

Bring things to sit on, food and drinks, warmer clothes for the cooler temperatures when the sun goes down. You can also rent a deck chair for 6,50 euros.

In case it’s raining,  take a drink at Point Éphémère’s restaurant at:

200 Quai de Valmy
Métro Jaurès (lines 5, 2 & 7 bis) & Louis Blanc (line 7)

Romantic Wild cocktail
  • 11
  • Aug
  • 2009

If you want some nice upscale coctail in a place with romance and history, head to L’Hôtel at the Left Bank.

There’s also a frescoed salon, and the plush Louis XIV style bar with stripey sofaswhere you can try a cocktail named in Oscar Wilde’s honour. He died at this place. Also other great writers and people of the beau monde have been there. (Johnny Depp is often to be seen in the bar.) The bar has deep armchairs, leather-bound tomes and sexy lighting. 

The restaurant –  one Michelin star –  flaunts leopard print carpet, aubergine striped sofas and marbelised columns. 

L’Hôtel, 13, Rue des Beaux-Arts, 75006 Paris, M° Saint Germain des prés (Line 4 from Gare du Nord)

 

 

 

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