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Berlin: banana tree

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , on 16 April 2013 | 1 Comment »

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Berlin: For the birds

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , on 28 December 2012 | 4 Comments »

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A friendly neighbor appears to have turned a leafless urban plant into a corn tree for hungry winter birds. Have you spotted any urban trees turned into bird feeders?

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Lichtenberg: Birch at dusk

Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 26 December 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Countryside with dark blue dusk sky, streetlamp and tree

The view at the entrance to the country village on Christmas Eve: a birch tree by lamplight. Hope you all have been having a lovely holiday season.

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Berlin: Mistletoe in a street tree

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , on 12 December 2012 | 1 Comment »

Urban tree with mistletoe growth

Saw a green sphere of mistletoe in a street tree in Friedrichshain today. The tree next to it was wearing a smaller cluster. Now all passers by who cross paths under these will have to kiss under the mistletoe.

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Berlin: Retail tree (half-price)

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 10 December 2012 | Leave a Comment »

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This Berlin-Mitte tree is a real clotheshorse.

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Miami: Shade Tree installation Friday, Dec. 7

Posted in Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 6 December 2012 | Leave a Comment »

tree trunk growing through chain link fence

For one day only, a very odd tree in Miami will become a pop-up art gallery and installation site for an  event entitled Shade Tree. Tomorrow, December 6, artist Barron Sherer informed us via email, he and William Keddell will be showing a site-specific work about this large tree which has grown right through and around a chain link fence. (more…)

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Berlin: Deciduous Christmas trees in Kreuzberg

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on 3 December 2012 | 1 Comment »

Leafless street tree with colorful glass ornaments

The folks on Dresdenerstraße, a little street tucked away behind Kottbusser Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg, have gotten up several of their currently leafless street trees with colorful baubles and ribbons. For once, Christmas finery isn’t reserved for the conifers.

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Berlin: Tie me up! Tie me down!

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , , on 26 November 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Many tied-up Christmas trees in a courtyard

Little tied-up Christmas trees wobbling around a Berlin hotel courtyard today, looking like so many skinny stockinged bank-robber heads.

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Berlin: temporary trees at Alexanderplatz station

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , on 25 November 2012 | 1 Comment »

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Outlines of seasonal urban plants appeared at Alexanderplatz station on a recent foggy morning.

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Berlin: Big leaf, fall color

Posted in Berlin plants, tagged , , , , , , , , on 19 November 2012 | 2 Comments »

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When leaves start falling in autumn, they sometimes amaze me with their size. The enormous leaves from tulip trees, for example, can be as big as your face! This one, from a plane tree on a Berlin street, isn’t quite that large, but it’s still pretty big.

Our colleague, local ecologist, is also collecting leaves – quite a few more than I’ve gathered so far.

If you’ve found any interesting leaves in your neighborhoods, let me know!

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