The greenest green bridge ever built 3 Replies The living green bridge was made from the branches of two India Rubber trees Ficus elastica.
Christine 26th October 2009 at 4:10 am Does this green bridge still exist? Can people visit it? [ http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/ecology/see_do/see_do.html ] Reply ↓
Tom Turner Post author26th October 2009 at 6:15 am 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. Reply ↓
Tom Turner Post author25th February 2011 at 7:33 am 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 Reply ↓
Does this green bridge still exist? Can people visit it? [ http://www.district.north-van.bc.ca/ecology/see_do/see_do.html ]
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.
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