French botanist Patrick Blanc is set to create a vertical garden in Kochi in tribute to Hortus Malabaricus, the 17 century treatise on plants of the Malabar.

The renowned botanist, who was created over 250 vertical gardens around the world, will set his garden as part of the Kochi Muziris Biennale at Fort Kochi Veli ground.

The ground is believed to have originally been a garden where the study for the 17 century tome took place. Plants from the Malabar were gathered here for local and foreign botanists to study. At this ground, Blanc will now create one of his famed vertical gardens that are ideal for crowded cities that cannot afford the luxury of spacious gardens, said a press release.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Kochi / by Staff Reporter / Kochi – October 06th, 2014