Posts Tagged ‘akishima’
Adding life, scent and song to suburban Tokyo.
Mar 15, 2013 | Category: Inspiration, Other Uses for Gardens
Affixing small hangers and substantial brackets to increase the plant population.
Mar 14, 2013 | Category: Community Gardening, Decoration, Hanging Gardens, Inspiration
Weary commuters mold the organic infrastructure of their neighbourhoods.
Mar 14, 2013 | Category: Dead Space, Other Uses for Gardens
Unexpected care for run-down suburban dead space.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration
This well tended local neighbourhood park garden is actually a quiet memorial to a deceased spouse.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Community Gardening, Other Uses for Gardens
Appropriation, connection.
Mar 13, 2013 | Category: Decoration, Edible
Decorative charm and creative practical application.
Feb 03, 2013 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Community Gardening, Decoration, Inspiration, Tools of the Trade
Diversity, Vibrance, Tolerance
Oct 18, 2012 | Category: Articles/Downloads, Parks, Play
Rainy ramble in far west Tokyo suburbs
Oct 09, 2012 | Category: Articles/Downloads, Caring for your Plants, Curbside, Dead Space, Inspiration, Walks
Local gambling zone offers flowers to regulars & neighbours
Oct 01, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Garden Types, Retail
Casual colour.
Jun 08, 2012 | Category: Decoration, Independent Plants
Definition and practical value.
Jun 08, 2012 | Category: Curbside, Other Uses for 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
Independent decoration
May 20, 2012 | Category: Curbside, Independent Plants
Suburban colour.
Jan 10, 2012 | Category: Decoration
Ocean-in-Suburbs
Dec 05, 2011 | Category: Decoration
Bricks and all kinds of junk.
Aug 25, 2011 | Category: Tiered Gardens
Delicious pickled, marmaladed, or squashed up in the mouth…..
Aug 25, 2011 | Category: Curbside, Edible
A temporary patch of life on a shallow, gravel parking lot.
Aug 25, 2011 | Category: Edible
Although the trees are long dead, the wall reminds us of a garden once treasured.
Aug 17, 2011 | Category: Caring for your Plants, Trees
Long roadside planter constructed of loosely packed bricks.
May 29, 2011 | Category: Curbside
A lovely twist to the usually forboding and odorous gaping deadspace.
Apr 12, 2011 | Category: Community Gardening, Dead Space, Decoration, Roof 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
Creative use of dead space for a practical garden.
Feb 18, 2011 | Category: Dead Space
Creating curbside planter space with bricks and wood.
Feb 17, 2011 | Category: Curbside
A cute pocket garden constructed from waste materials.
Feb 15, 2011 | Category: Vertical Gardens
Multifunctional pot plant set up.
Oct 21, 2010 | Category: Other Uses for Gardens, Retail
The role of built environmental artifacts/components will increasingly be that of trellis.
Sep 28, 2010 | Category: Dead Space, Decoration, Independent Plants
Tree in use as a storage system for outdoor cleaning implements.
Sep 20, 2010 | Category: Other Uses for Gardens
High hanging pots in wire
Sep 02, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Hanging Gardens
Rocks and concrete blocks mark out narrow marginal space for a bright shock of colour.
Aug 25, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Dead Space
Curbside as home for hot chili garden.
Aug 06, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Edible
Another example of the resilient, resourceful ways that plants continue to confound our built environment.
Jul 10, 2010 | Category: Curbside, Independent Plants
