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The greenest green bridge ever built

by Tom Turner @ 7:44 pm October 24, 2009 -- Filed under: garden history,Sustainable design   

banyan_green_bridgeThe living green bridge was made from the branches of two India Rubber trees Ficus elastica.

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  1. Does this green bridge still exist? Can people visit it? [ http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/ecology/see_do/see_do.html ]

    Comment by Christine — October 26, 2009 @ 4:10 am

  2. The bridge certainly did exist but is unlikely to have survived (the drawing dates from the 1840s). But there is no reason whatsoever why it should not be re-created as a garden design idea.

    Comment by Tom Turner — October 26, 2009 @ 6:15 am

  3. I was delighted to see that living green bridges are still being made in North India http://rootbridges.blogspot.com/ We should see them as ‘vernacular biotecture’.
    More info on living bridges:
    http://atlasobscura.com/place/root-bridges-cherrapungee
    http://theoriens.com/living-root-bridges-in-india/
    http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/09/living-bridges-india-grown-500-years-pics.php

    Comment by Tom Turner — February 25, 2011 @ 7:33 am

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