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Tokyo DIY Gardening Hands-on gardening for a crowded city

Personal Impact of Urban Green Space
Personal Impact of Urban Green Space

Excerpt from the 3331 Arts CYD Workshop Presentation

Securing Pots on a Ledge
Securing Pots on a Ledge

Wire twisted around trellis at one end is threaded through the pots to create an intergrated, secure whole.

Curbside Assemblage with High Hanging Pots
Curbside Assemblage with High Hanging Pots

High hanging pots in wire

Corner Potplanting
Corner Potplanting

Use of existing plants in garden construction

Jungle on High in Yanaka
Jungle on High in Yanaka

A mysterious and slightly foreboding balcony jungle in Yanaka.

Mapping Green Spaces Large and Small
Mapping Green Spaces Large and Small

greenz.jp overview of our 3331 ARTS CYD Workshop

My neighbors in Yutenji.
My neighbors in Yutenji.

A small asagao pot garden and overwhelming garden jungle in Meguro-ku.

A Field of Pots
A Field of Pots

A love affair with dirt knows no bounds, rules, and follows a logic of its own. Right on, I say!

Blooming Corner Container Garden
Blooming Corner Container Garden

Made of a whole variety of containers – some purchased, some styrofoam coolers put to fresh use – it was a bright spot on an otherwise cement-filled busy street.

Roof Garden in Waseda
Roof Garden in Waseda

I needed a telescope to get a REALLY good look, which would have felt a bit like being a garden stalker….

Rose Bush Takes Over House
Rose Bush Takes Over House

The inside must be filled with delicious scent of the roses and feel miles away from the city life just outside the door.

Garden Vending
Garden Vending

A rather unlikely place, but not so unusual in many regards for Japan.

Narrow Trackside Colour in Rocks
Narrow Trackside Colour in Rocks

Rocks and concrete blocks mark out narrow marginal space for a bright shock of colour.

Beer Crate Roof Garden
Beer Crate Roof Garden

Transferring the principles of the Tokyo curbside garden a few meters skyward.

Classic Pot Garden in Shiba/Mita
Classic Pot Garden in Shiba/Mita

Whether intentional or not, the impressive scale of this garden creates a natural security system…..

Growing Up in Meguro-ku
Growing Up in Meguro-ku

Creeping greens in Yutenji

Tiny Paradise in Meguro-ku
Tiny Paradise in Meguro-ku

Who needs a yard?!

Selfmade “Vertical Garden” in Shiba/Mita
Selfmade "Vertical Garden" in Shiba/Mita

Selfmade “vertical garden” courtesy of Jan Lindenberg

Small building in Shinjuku covered in vines
Small building in Shinjuku covered in vines

This small building in a Shinjuku commercial district is buried in vines

Dense and mature sidewalk garden in Chiyoda
Dense and mature sidewalk garden in Chiyoda

The planting is amazingly thick, creating a green wall between the sidewalk and the large boulevard. . .

More balcony-grown baby watermelon
More balcony-grown baby watermelon

I am surprised at the success of this vertical, balcony watermelon

Shibuya Greening Project – 「街をきれいに!」
Shibuya Greening Project – 「街をきれいに!」

What happens when disembodied forces try to impose beauty on the city…

Trackside Asagao Space
Trackside Asagao Space

Dead space along the railway tracks in productive and enjoyable use

Mix of Green and Mechanical Design
Mix of Green and Mechanical Design

“Funny mix of green and mechanical design. Jingumae, Tokyo”