By the Lidl supermarket parking lot on Sonnenallee in Berlin-Neukölln a couple weeks ago…
Posts Tagged ‘gardening’
Berlin: Red ivy dude says, “Hi”
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged architecture, art, Berlin, fall, gardening, ivy, photography, pictures, plants on 12 November 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Berlin: Shopping cart planter!
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, city, gardening, guerrilla gardening, photography, pictures, plants, street art on 1 November 2012 | 8 Comments »
The shopping cart as mobile guerrilla gardening planter, which I first saw in Basel, Switzerland last year, has appeared in Berlin-Neukölln.
Diemitz, Germany: Plants Ahoy
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged art, boat, funny, gardening, photography, pictures, plants, sailing, village plant research on 21 August 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Plants setting sail in the tiny village of Diemitz, on the southern border of the Mecklenburger Seenplatte, a chain of lakes and down-to-earth vacation area.
Berlin: Bar in the woods
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, community garden, gardening, Kreuzberg, photography, pictures, trees on 4 August 2012 | 2 Comments »
In the middle of Berlin, in the Prinzessinnengarten community garden in Kreuzberg, a bar that feels like it’s in the woods.
Berlin: Gardener fighting a losing battle
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged ailanthus, art, Berlin, friedrichshain, gardening, photography, pictures, plants, treeofheaven on 1 August 2012 | Leave a Comment »
…with the invincible trees of heaven among the roses on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain.
Berlin: Microlawn
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, gardening, grass, photography, pictures, plants, sidewalk, weeds on 6 June 2012 | 1 Comment »
Berlin: “Must have” sweet potato vines
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, gardening, houseplant, lettering, photography, pictures, plants, purple, sweet potato on 23 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Spotted at the beguiling plant shop and garden design service der garten: terra architectura in Berlin-Friedrichshain. The sign reads “The ‘must have’ of early summer: sweet potato, proliferating vines for balcony and garden.”
Berlin: Twins for Arbor Day
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged arbor day, art, Berlin, city, gardening, nature, photography, pictures, plants on 27 April 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today, these twin baby bushes, perched on the sidewalk in front of a Berlin bar, made me smile. Today, I was also wished a happy Arbor Day. Wikipedia tells me that German Arbor Day is on April 25, but US Arbor Day is the last Friday of April – today. Since I missed the local one, happy Arbor Day today to all our readers everywhere.
Berlin: Seedlings take over kitchen counter
Posted in Berlin plants, Edible plants, recipes, Personal plants, tagged art, food, gardening, houseplant, photography, plants, seedlings, spring, vegetables on 24 April 2012 | 1 Comment »
Not all urban plants sprout up uninvited on the mean sidewalks of the city. Indeed, in Berlin, planting the balcony is a spring ritual for many. Those without balconies, like myself, have adopted bits of land in community gardens. It’s still too early for many plants to be planted outdoors, but seedlings are being started in apartments around the city.
Brighton and Hove, UK: Primulas in the urban jungle
Posted in From our contributors, Plants worldwide, Questions & discussion, tagged art, Brighton, city, flowers, gardening, Hove, photography, pictures, plants, potted plant, sidewalk, UK on 13 April 2012 | Leave a Comment »
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