Vertical Gardens
Affixing small hangers and substantial brackets to increase the plant population.
Mar 14, 2013 | Category: Community Gardening, Decoration, Hanging Gardens, Inspiration
S-hook and hanger on powerpole climbing peg makes for a stable hanging garden.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Hanging Gardens
Cramped balconies nurture lush microclimates
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Balcony Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Simple and novel solution.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Green Walls, Hanging Gardens
An easy hanging garden created by hanging a light planter from a tree branch.
Feb 28, 2013 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
A bit of life and color in a tight inner-city driveway.
Feb 28, 2013 | Category: Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
That’s a lot of flowers for one tiny space.
Feb 27, 2013 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Tethered giants in Shibuya backstreet.
Feb 27, 2013 | Category: Decoration, Independent Plants, Vertical Gardens
A great way to create extra gardening space without encroaching on the narrow street or cramped inner courtyard.
Feb 27, 2013 | Category: Vertical Gardens
A stable and designerly solution
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Horizontal garden hanging on a laundry pole.
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Chains and hooks and nails and pots….
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
City infrastructure fosters independent green.
May 25, 2012 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Independent Plants, Roof Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Easy growing.
May 20, 2012 | Category: Edible, Green Walls
A chance encounter up high.
Feb 08, 2012 | Category: Inspiration, Roof Gardens, Video
Beautiful, out of control hobby.
Nov 21, 2011 | Category: Roof Gardens
Everyday driveway gardening.
Nov 21, 2011 | Category: Tiered Gardens
All the apartments have nets, perhaps to deter birds, yet few are so well used.
Oct 03, 2011 | Category: Balcony Gardens, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
I love the variety of plants, and the way the garden adds onto what is already there.
Sep 06, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Bricks and all kinds of junk.
Aug 25, 2011 | Category: Tiered Gardens
Recycled and simple materials, like plastic sacks as container pots
Aug 22, 2011 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Edible, Inspiration, Roof Gardens
Dead space becomes a place of relaxation and rejuvenation.
Aug 22, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Dead Space, Roof Gardens
Permanence of impermanent structure; Relaxed hiding space; Natural cooling; Shade.
Aug 22, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Green Walls
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
Molded to the edge of the plot.
Jul 19, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Tiered Gardens
Flexible, tiered, lithe.
Jul 19, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Roof Gardens, Tiered Gardens
Ample plant growth in the most minimal of urban spaces
Jun 28, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
Simple, robust, flexible
Jun 28, 2011 | Category: Hanging Gardens
Another only-in-Tokyo street beauty
May 30, 2011 | Category: Decoration, Hanging Gardens
Prolific and generous Tokyo gardener Joan Bailey is documenting her new and improved green curtain.
May 22, 2011 | Category: Balcony Gardens, Green Walls, Inspiration, News
Family blog documenting a green curtain.
May 22, 2011 | Category: Green Walls, Inspiration, News
A lovely family gardening experiment
May 22, 2011 | Category: Balcony Gardens, Inspiration
Footpath facing tiered gardens & plot.
May 17, 2011 | Category: Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Wire twisted into pot plant holders to decorate roadside residential fencing.
May 16, 2011 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Hanging Gardens
A lovely twist to the usually forboding and odorous gaping deadspace.
Apr 12, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Dead Space, Decoration, Roof Gardens
Untended bicycle parking bay results in lush unintentional green roof.
Apr 11, 2011 | Category: Independent Plants, Roof Gardens
the wall uses minimal space to provide a green corridor
Apr 07, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Car port hanging garden constructed from modified hangers
Apr 07, 2011 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Other Uses for Gardens
An interesting take on the classic balcony-supported green curtain.
Mar 26, 2011 | Category: Green Walls, Hanging Gardens
Transferring the principles of the Tokyo curbside garden a few meters skyward.
Mar 11, 2011 | Category: Roof Gardens
Precarious yet thoughtful, this construction does not intrude into the narrow thoroughfare any further than the curb line.
Mar 07, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
A mysterious and slightly foreboding balcony jungle in Yanaka.
Mar 06, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
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
Space for gardening more important that private transport in a leafy Tokyo suburb.
Feb 23, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Hanging planter space 3m above a Yanaka alley.
Feb 22, 2011 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Is this a new trend? I am looking forward to watching these plants grow this summer.
Feb 22, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Vertical Gardens
A simple solution for a hanging garden on a narrow Yanaka footpath.
Feb 18, 2011 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Unplanned and hectic but built up slowly over many years. Temporary in form and materials but not in presence.
Feb 15, 2011 | Category: Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
A cute pocket garden constructed from waste materials.
Feb 15, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
There’s no shame in tying a few pots up on your wall with a bit of old rope!
Feb 14, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Precarious hanging gardens one step back from Tokyo’s fashion district.
Feb 10, 2011 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Strategic pot plant placement creates a makeshift green wall in Shibuya.
Feb 10, 2011 | Category: Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
External piping engaged as potplant holder in central Harajuku.
Feb 10, 2011 | Category: Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
“Very cute outdoor shelving for plants. Like book shelves”
Jan 10, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Covering a Tokyo building with lavender plants, or creating small lavender city farms . . .
Jan 02, 2011 | Category: Balcony Gardens
Planters on planters.
Dec 26, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Tiered Gardens
It’s great to see people make use of work time and space for some vegetable gardening.
Oct 27, 2010 | Category: Edible, Green Walls, Play
Coffee shop owner appropriates dead space, fence and creeper to create green lane.
Oct 25, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Green Walls
I wasn’t sure if it was an intentional plant
Oct 07, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Independent Plants, Vertical Gardens
Amazing first-time goya curtain
Oct 02, 2010 | Category: Edible, Vertical Gardens
this narrow Nishi Azabu Juban bar is defined by the curbside street tree
Sep 24, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Green Walls, Trees, Vertical Gardens
Most people would think there’s no room for a garden
Sep 20, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Decoration, Vertical Gardens
A baby bitter melon in the rain, with its flower still attached
Sep 12, 2010 | Category: Edible, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Nearly all of the pots rests on stools or low tables
Sep 11, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Decoration, Tiered Gardens, Trees
Sometimes just 2 hedges = beautiful garden
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Walks
sidewalk awning with minimal space and maintenance, impacts thousands coming to ward office
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Green Walls, Inspiration, Roof Gardens
It’s amazing what you can fit in a sunny narrow space.
Sep 08, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Edible, Green Walls
High hanging pots in wire
Sep 02, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Hanging Gardens
I needed a telescope to get a REALLY good look, which would have felt a bit like being a garden stalker….
Aug 26, 2010 | Category: Roof Gardens
The inside must be filled with delicious scent of the roses and feel miles away from the city life just outside the door.
Aug 26, 2010 | Category: Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
Creeping greens in Yutenji
Aug 22, 2010 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Selfmade “vertical garden” courtesy of Jan Lindenberg
Aug 22, 2010 | Category: Vertical Gardens
This small building in a Shinjuku commercial district is buried in vines
Aug 21, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
The planting is amazingly thick, creating a green wall between the sidewalk and the large boulevard. . .
Aug 21, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space, Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
I am surprised at the success of this vertical, balcony watermelon
Aug 21, 2010 | Category: Edible, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Dead space along the railway tracks in productive and enjoyable use
Aug 17, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Vertical Gardens
These recent pictures documenting the progress of Tak Watanabe and daughter’s first green wall are amazing.
Aug 16, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
Bitter melon growing in plastic buckets with an elaborate plastic twine trellis supported by a tree branch
Aug 15, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Edible, Vertical Gardens
Another great example of multi-function outdoor spaces that are incredibly small
Aug 15, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Garden Types, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Upturned beer crates form the structure of this mid-scale tiered garden in a Yanaka driveway.
Aug 12, 2010 | Category: Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
As their name implies, the flowers are most spectacular in the morning.
Aug 10, 2010 | Category: Decoration, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Sometimes objects just fit.
Aug 07, 2010 | Category: Tiered Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Cucumbers grow incredibly fast
Aug 06, 2010 | Category: Edible, Green Walls
It covers the window, and dwarfs in size the adjacent vending machine
Aug 01, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Edible, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
A green curtain from the inside.
Jul 25, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Grapes are a feature fruit in Tokyo, from the inner-city to the outer suburbs.
Jul 23, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Edible, Vertical Gardens
From my vantage point on the 5th floor of an Aoyama Dori office building I check on the progress of a number of rooftop gardens which are invisible from down below…..
Jul 23, 2010 | Category: Roof Gardens, Vertical Gardens
This corner balcony must have 40 or even 100 plants. I wonder what it looks like from inside the apartment.
Jul 19, 2010 | Category: Inspiration, Vertical Gardens, Walks
Laying the foundations for a summer green wall.
Jul 14, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Other Uses for Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Flowers as exuberant storefront!
Jul 03, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
Ways to wire your hanging garden.
Jun 22, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
A simple twine structure connecting the railing with the laundry support attached to the balcony ceiling.
Jun 14, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
A very green wall constructed from planters and Pots
Jun 13, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Green Walls, Vertical Gardens
Adding a pot-plant garden with wire and wood.
Jun 12, 2010 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Plastic twine creates space for extra hanging pot-plants.
Jun 11, 2010 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
A clever solution for creating a hanging garden along a breeze block wall without damaging/affecting the structure in any permanent way.
Jun 10, 2010 | Category: Hanging Gardens, Vertical Gardens
Large plastic laundry hook serves as support for a large hanging planter.
Jun 07, 2010 | Category: Vertical Gardens
A single vine originates from the right side of the front of the building……..
Jun 07, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
Even mundane structures come alive when we let nature colonize our habitat.
Jun 07, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Independent Plants, Vertical Gardens
So many people think that all they can plant are simple flower boxes, when vertical solutions can be so much more lush and interesting….
Jun 07, 2010 | Category: Green Walls, Inspiration, Vertical Gardens
