http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-greenest-bridge-ever-built/ News and debate from Gardenvisit.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-greenest-bridge-ever-built/comment-page-1/#comment-8457 Tom Turner Fri, 25 Feb 2011 07:33:42 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2964#comment-8457 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 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

]]> http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-greenest-bridge-ever-built/comment-page-1/#comment-2503 Tom Turner Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:15:59 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2964#comment-2503 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. 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.

]]> http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-greenest-bridge-ever-built/comment-page-1/#comment-2498 Christine Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:10:04 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=2964#comment-2498 Does this green bridge still exist? Can people visit it? [ http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/ecology/see_do/see_do.html ] Does this green bridge still exist? Can people visit it? [ http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/ecology/see_do/see_do.html ]

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