The Israel pavilion at Expo has a
living garden growing sideways on a wall 70 metres long and 12
metres high, a green example of "vertical planting," an Israeli
innovation that has allowed the country to explore cultivation
despite its arid, water-starved condition.
"This field is one of the reasons we're here," said
pavilion commissioner Elazar Cohen.
"It's a symbol of how Israel confronts challenges," he
said.
The garden uses an innovative drip irrigation system, which
allows the grass or crop (such as corn or grain) to grow where
it would never normally be able to.
"This field is a symbol of Israel's capacity for
innovation," Cohen said.
"It represents well our ability to find solutions, to
always say yes to any problem".
Just as the vertical garden is a symbol, so is the location
of the Israel pavilion itself, next to both Palazzo Italia and
the pavilion of the Holy See, and beside the French pavilion.
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