West Oakland is a sprawling industrial area that’s probably better known as the birth place of so much of the pyrotechnic art seen at Burning Man. However, amidst the smell of burning butane and steel girders at American Steel Studios, a green space designer named Nick Gardner is working to plant a vertical garden across part of a wall at the six-acre factory. The project will not only feature 2,000 square foot patch of succulents, but also a rainwater fed irrigation system, as well as array of solar panels to make the entire system sustainable.
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