Decoration
Affixing small hangers and substantial brackets to increase the plant population.
Mar 14, 2013 | Category: Community Gardening, Decoration, Hanging Gardens, Inspiration
Unique reuse of traditional materials.
Mar 14, 2013 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Decoration, Inspiration
Unexpected care for run-down suburban dead space.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration
Appropriation, connection.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Decoration, Edible
Out of season fox face tied to a tree add a splash of colour to a central Harajuku street.
Feb 28, 2013 | Category: Decoration
Low-cost greenery to improve pedestrian spaces.
Feb 28, 2013 | Category: Decoration
Tethered giants in Shibuya backstreet.
Feb 27, 2013 | Category: Decoration, Independent Plants, Vertical Gardens
Decorative charm and creative practical application.
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Community Gardening, Decoration, Inspiration, Tools of the Trade
Fine-grained care and human(e) attachment
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Community Gardening, Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Edible
Early 2003 example from Nagoya
Oct 02, 2012 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Decoration, Tools of the Trade
Notes from memory-infused morning glories
Oct 02, 2012 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Decoration
Local gambling zone offers flowers to regulars & neighbours
Oct 01, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Garden Types, Retail
Courtesy of Edith Prakoso
Jun 28, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Inspiration
Casual colour.
Jun 08, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Independent Plants
Twist ties + Stakes = Dense Street Bouquet
May 16, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Inspiration
Suburban colour.
Jan 10, 2012 | Category: Decoration
Ocean-in-Suburbs
Dec 05, 2011 | Category: Decoration
Care and attachment in a desolate landscape.
Sep 06, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Dead Space, Decoration, Inspiration
Cafe decoration in Shikoku.
Aug 22, 2011 | Category: Decoration
Humble color + striking feature.
Aug 17, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Laundry pole + clothes hangers in Omotesando
Aug 17, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Hanging Gardens
Relaxed, honesty-box style informal florist makes a delightful addition to an afternoon stroll.
Jul 30, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Inspiration, Other Uses for Gardens, Retail
Ample plant growth in the most minimal of urban spaces
Jun 28, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
A ramshackle arrangement.
Jun 28, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Other Uses for Gardens
Another example of the hand made aspects of Japanese mass-made toilets.
Jun 18, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Decoration, Inspiration
How cool that the students are offering the station something alive.
Jun 18, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Decoration, Inspiration, Public Projects
Decorating a smoking/drink machine ‘rest spot’.
Jun 08, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration
Another only-in-Tokyo street beauty
May 30, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Hanging Gardens
A lovely twist to the usually forboding and odorous gaping deadspace.
Apr 12, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Dead Space, Decoration, Roof Gardens
in full bloom and towering over the pedestrians
Apr 10, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Decoration
a tree of death, made of dozens of cigarette cartons and festooned with Christmas lights
Apr 01, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Trees
Avid golfer brings hobby home to the garden.
Mar 02, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Play
this hanging pot relies on an S-hook to attach itself to the existing built environment
Mar 01, 2011 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration, Hanging Gardens
I love the small strips of green space between the sidewalk and the street.
Feb 13, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Independent Plants, Walks
High-priced residence, luxury car, beautiful flower, and humble maintenence method.
Jan 10, 2011 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Community Gardening, Decoration
Aesthetically pleasing and responsible.
Dec 26, 2010 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Curbside, Decoration, Trees
A very practical and compact construction.
Nov 18, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Other Uses for Gardens
Did the bicycle owner leave the potted plant in the basket, or did a stranger deposit it there?
Nov 18, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Play
naming confusion is quite common with flower and plants
Nov 17, 2010 | Category: Decoration
Simple, fresh yellow flower planter on wire rack.
Nov 10, 2010 | Category: Decoration
despite the lack of ground soil and space . . I admire the gardener’s generosity to passing pedestrians and bicyclists
Nov 07, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration
Much of the daily fabric of urban life, instead, feels like this photo: a bunch of stuff bolted on to other stuff
Nov 05, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration
Tokyo’s ample rainfall allows plants to thrive in the most unlikely places.
Nov 04, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Independent Plants
They are extremely hardy, and pop up everywhere in the fall on green stalks with no leaves.
Nov 02, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Independent Plants
this collection of bonsais sits on recycled containers
Oct 25, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration
One amazing fall flower is the very fragrant kinmokusei
Oct 24, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration
My guess is that both of these plant interventions. . . were created by neighbors getting tired of seeing the empty lot and its weeds
Oct 08, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration
The role of built environmental artifacts/components will increasingly be that of trellis.
Sep 28, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration, Independent Plants
I love how these sunflowers are growing at the intersection of two small streets, and how the round flowers echo the larger, convex street mirror. The flowers grow in a tiny scrap of soil just outside the wall around a residence. After preparing the image, I realized that I took a similar photo last year. [...]
Sep 27, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration
enchanted by how the light struck this worn boat, the plants growing in its bow, and the illusion of . . .
Sep 26, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Parks
Most people would think there’s no room for a garden
Sep 20, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Vertical Gardens
Nearly all of the pots rests on stools or low tables
Sep 11, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Tiered Gardens, Trees
This plant sales person has staked out valuable real estate
Sep 11, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Trees
Sometimes just 2 hedges = beautiful garden
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Walks
A simple bowl with plants can really add visual impact to a central city sidewalk.
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration
It’s amazing what you can fit in a sunny narrow space.
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Edible, Green Walls
As their name implies, the flowers are most spectacular in the morning.
Aug 10, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
A lovely understated planter in Yanaka.
Aug 03, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration
This local person must enjoy plants and the opportunity to make something artful in a small space.
Jul 20, 2010 | Category: Decoration
I love the care that someone is taking in a space that others are just passing through…..
Jun 07, 2010 | Category: Decoration
