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by INHABITAT The Semiahmoo Library’s Larger Than Life Living Wall Features Over 10,000 Plants by  Tafline Laylin , 08/30/11 Share on Tumblr Email We've featured the amazing Semiahmoo Public Library  vertical garden  before, but our new pictures show even more clearly just how alive this wall really is. More than 10,000 individual plants representing 120 unique plant species cover so much wall space - a whopping 3,000 square feet - it's kind of surprising that the whole building doesn't keel over. Instead, Vancouver-based design firm  Green over Grey  has transformed the library's exterior into a totally self-sufficient (and structurally sound) green wall which actually enhances the interior environment while also supporting a  healthy urban ecosystem  that entices bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds to come out and play! We’ve seen some pretty cool living walls,  inclu...

A mission of hope in an urban garden in Atlanta Linked by Michael Levenston The Atlanta Union Mission has transformed a vacant downtown lot into a garden filled with raised vegetable beds that are tended daily by the very men who inhabit the shelter and whose bounty will benefit the shelter’s kitchen. Photo from Atlanta Union Mission. “Our own little Garden of Eden.” By Adeline Chen CNN – Eatocracy May 16, 2011 Excerpt: “We eat what we get. It’s not like I can say ‘I’m going to eat something healthy,’” says Joel, a resident of a downtown Atlanta shelter. For Joel, and other homeless people like him, having a meal does not mean choosing between an organic pear and gorgonzola salad or locally-grown arugula with artisanal cheese. Instead, food options boil down to one thing: sustenance. The food is received mostly by donation, which means it’s often cheap, non-perishable, and generally less than healthy. However, one Atlanta nonprofit, the Atlanta Mission, has recentl...