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This week’s lecture inspired me to further my knowledge on hanging gardens, as the guest lecturer had noted that these gardens were what inspired the green roof.

It is said that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, were built by King Nebuchadnezzar to cheer up his home-sick wife. His wife, being from a land that was green with ruged mountains, Nebuchadnezzar re-created her home by building a roof-top garden which hung over artificial mountains. The gardens, which were approximately 400 ft x 400ft x 80ft tall, consisted of vaulted terraces covered in pillars, trees, and layers of grasses, reeds, and soils “…which both for greatness and beauty might delight the spectators.”

No one knows whether the wonderous Hanging Gardens of Babylon ever existed, as nothing of Babylon remains. One can only marvel at the thought of these awe-inspiring feats of landscape architectre.