Blanc, who developed the vertical garden construction method, is sometimes known as "Mr. Green." Originally a botanist with the French National Center for Scientific Research studying plants indigenous to tropical rainforests, Blanc realized that many plants didn't need soil to live, that soil simply provided them with something to attach themselves to.
開發植生牆工法的布朗克，有「綠先生」之稱，他原本是法國科學研究院的植物學家，在研究熱帶雨林原生植物時發現，許多植物不需要土壤就能存活，土壤只是為了讓植物有所依附而已。