Friedhof im August: Balkon & Garten

The newest issue of Balkon & Garten, the reader-generated magazine by our friend and soon-to-be-publisher Anke, has arrived! And in style. The release party on Saturday was the talk of the blogs, and songwriter Graf Tati made a theme song just for this issue – with music video.

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Berlin yesterday: Book, photo, film

Stills from Flip Flop by Anke 
Yesterday was an eventful day for Urban Plant Research in Berlin. I had a visit in the studio with Anke from the artistic-botanic small press Beton + Garten Verlag, which is working with us on our first Urban Plant Research book.

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Brooklyn: Garden space

My roommate Phyllis working in her vegetable garden in the overgrown garden in our backyard. Bird’s eye view.

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A new guidebook about Berlin’s urban plants

It looks like Sara and Leslie are not the only curious duo hot on the trails of Berlin’s wild plants. This new guidebook, to be published this summer, also finds two creative women, Heiderose Häsler and Iduna Wünschmann, seeking out often-overlooked plants and researching their connection to the people and history of the city. 
Titled Berliner [...]

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Urban Tumbleweeds in Redwood City, NYC, Nevada

Today’s photo comes courtesy of reader and sister Phoebe, who writes from California: “In a town covered in pavement, aka Redwood City, the origins of this 4 foot wide tumbleweed is a mystery.”

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Talking trees in the Bronx! and other art in NYC parks

Photo courtesy Katie Holten on treemuseum.ning.com
Folks, I cannot tell you how excited I was to discover that a tree museum is opening June 21 along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx! 100 trees along the historic boulevard will each be linked to an audio excerpt (via a number you call on your phone) containing the [...]

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Vertical farming coming to Manhattan?

Another note related to Earth Day and environmentalism: vertical farming! Farms may soon exist in the middle of Manhattan in the shape of skyscrapers. Watch the intriguing video on YouTube from Discovery-News.com:

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Balkon & Garten 32: April April

 
Here’s the newest issue of Balkon & Garten sitting in some sunbeams on my desk.

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Trees in the subway

There will be trees in the subway in Lower Manhattan, reported the New York Times today. Artists (and twin brothers) Mike and Doug Starn are completing an installation in the New South Ferry Terminal, which is being built below the existing South Ferry Terminal.

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Leaves in Central Park

Just a small post to share a sweet plant-related slideshow from the New York Times. Their dear old roving people-photographer and clothes-fan Bill Cunningham, who creates the Sunday Style’s “Man on the Street” column every week, was in Central Park this week. He was supposed to be looking at winter coats, but kept getting distracted [...]

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