Beautiful Rolling Rooftop Garden Design

Photo source: Inhabitat Photo Gallery

A beautiful rooftop garden in the heart of the West Village in New York City highlighted on the Inhabitat site:  http://inhabitat.com/beautiful-rolling-roof-garden-tops-off-nyc-studio-and-penthouse/

Plant material for Building Curtain

Photo © Tokyo Green Space

A great example in Japan using plant material as a natural curtain for shade in a building. In this case, Morning Glory was trained up the front side of the building.

In a house I grew up in, we had a sun facing wall covered with Honeysuckle which provided cooling in the summer and insulation in the winter.