![Patrick Blanc showing the leaf under surface of Alocasia baginda on the Costume National Vertical Garden, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc Patrick Blanc showing the leaf under surface of Alocasia baginda on the Costume National Vertical Garden, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc](https://www.murvegetalpatrickblanc.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/medias/image/patrickblancshowingtheleafundersurfaceofalocasiabagindaonthecostumenationalverticalgardenfukuokasept.2016_0.jpeg?itok=cXhLlaWP)
Patrick Blanc showing the leaf under surface of Alocasia baginda on the Costume National Vertical Garden, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc
![New Costume National flagship store in Tokyo features work by Ryuji Nakamura and Patrick Blanc | Spoon & Tamago New Costume National flagship store in Tokyo features work by Ryuji Nakamura and Patrick Blanc | Spoon & Tamago](https://www.spoon-tamago.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/costume-national-flagship-aoyama-7.jpg)
New Costume National flagship store in Tokyo features work by Ryuji Nakamura and Patrick Blanc | Spoon & Tamago
![Patrick Blanc looking at his Costume National Vertical Garden, almost one year after inauguration, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc Patrick Blanc looking at his Costume National Vertical Garden, almost one year after inauguration, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc](https://www.murvegetalpatrickblanc.com/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/medias/image/patrickblanclookingathiscostumenationalverticalgardenalmostoneyearafterinaugurationfukuokasept.2016_0.jpeg?itok=_dP7jfEq)
Patrick Blanc looking at his Costume National Vertical Garden, almost one year after inauguration, Fukuoka, Sept. 2016 | Mur Vegetal Patrick Blanc
![French botanist and architect, innovator of the green wall Patrick Blanc arrives for a dinner with French President Francois Hollande and Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, French botanist and architect, innovator of the green wall Patrick Blanc arrives for a dinner with French President Francois Hollande and Australian Governor-General Peter Cosgrove at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France,](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2MYRWNE/french-botanist-and-architect-innovator-of-the-green-wall-patrick-blanc-arrives-for-a-dinner-with-french-president-francois-hollande-and-australian-governor-general-peter-cosgrove-at-the-elysee-palace-in-paris-france-tuesday-april-26-2016-ap-photomichel-euler-2MYRWNE.jpg)