I've come across these Bac Sacs several times and wasn't so sure what to think of it. I don't like it when something distracts you from the plant itself. I want my plant pots to be very simple either terra-cotta ( I have to admit that it somehow does not really fit our climate it think - it's better in the south) or Eternit . Even though I like the new pots they do I keep collecting the old one whenever I see one.
BACSAC® was born with the encounter between designer Godefroy de Virieu and landscapers Virgile Desurmont and Louis de Fleurieu. Together, they looked for an alternative solution to get round the constraints of the creation of a roof garden in town: difficulties of transportation, excessive weight, but also lack of choice of containers, most of which are often very expensive. How can one reverse the tendency to pay more for the container than the contents? How can we make mobile an instalation which is often fixed because of its weight and its rigidity? How can one create a planted area at the lowest cost?
What I really like is when they are planted with vegetables, like have in a small vegatable batch on your terrace or in front of your house. Like on this image:
Prices range from 30 € to 130 €.
http://www.bacsac.fr/en/
( how it used to be )
If you like gardens and gardens and garden design then the high line is a must.
The high line is an old rail way turned into a park. The high line runs from 34th street west through chelsea and meatpacking down to Gansevoort Street in west village.
The High Line was originally constructed in the 1930s, to lift dangerous freight trains off Manhattan's streets. Section 1 of the High Line is open as a public park, owned by the City of New York and operated under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. Friends of the High Line is the conservancy charged with raising private funds for the park and overseeing its maintenance and operations, pursuant to an agreement with the Parks Department.
When all sections are complete, the High Line will be a mile-and-a-half-long elevated park, running through the West Side neighborhoods of the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Clinton/Hell's Kitchen. It features an integrated landscape, designed by landscape architects James Corner Field Operations, with architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, combining meandering concrete pathways with naturalistic plantings. Fixed and movable seating, lighting, and special features arelso included in the park.
http://www.thehighline.org/
