Square Vinet Green Wall

Square Vinet Green Wall

At the junction of two picturesque side streets in the center of Bordeaux, a small children's playground is home to the city's largest mur végétal, a vertical garden or green wall. Square Vinet was created in the 1970s as part of a regeneration project in the area, in the space left after the demolition of some derelict residential buildings. The long, vertical garden was a later addition, installed in 2005 as part of a campaign to plant trees a…