COPENHAGEN MAY 22, 2010, Jacqueline McGlade & the architect at inauguration ceremony of Europe in Bloom, Europ. Environm. Agency
Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director, EEA, and the architect of the wall 'Europe in Bloom' Johanna Rossbach "up against the green wall" at the inauguration ceremony when the last plants were planted at the European Environment Agency at Kongens Nytorv in Copenhagen, Denmark on Saturday May 22 2010. (This is a removable wall for the symbolic last plantings in the opening ceremony . The real living wall begins half a storey up the building), 5,000 plants are drawing a vertical map of Europe illustrating the relative diversity of flowering plant species across the continent. Northern Europe, where plant species are least diverse, is displayed in light colours using plant species with hairy or greyish leaves. (Source: EEA, European Environment Agency. Read more at their website.
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Location: European Environment Agency, Kongens Nytorv 6, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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