After more than 10 years of research and development into bio-inspired façade shading, a fully functional prototype is now being opened for the first time in continuous operation at the greenhouse of the Freiburg Botanical Garden. The system is pneumatically actuated and deforms through elastic and reversible bending of fiber composite laminates. This avoids joints and other mechanical wear parts. The starting point for the development was the investigation of plant movements with the Plant Biomechanics Group, Freiburg.