Bringing nature into urban environments has always been a challenge for metropolitan areas. One of the most spectacular solutions to this problem is the vertical garden. These gardens are more than just an unusual decoration attached to a wall - they are a means of bringing life and greenery to a bleak courtyard, a grey city street, or a cold modern building. The first publication to present a collection of the most important examples of this emerging trend includes work by Patrick Blanc (Quai Bramley Museum Plant Wall & Genoa Aquarium Plant Wall), Herzog & de Meuron (Prada Aoyama Epicentre Tokyo) & artists Heather Ackroyd & Dan Harvey, who have temporarily transformed various architectural spaces using grass as an aesthetic material. Spectacular indeed!