Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged art, drawing, flowers, illustration, photography, pictures, thistle, watercolor, weeds on 5 May 2013 | 1 Comment »
Spring on Spain’s Costa de la Luz (the Atlantic part of the coastline) is an explosion of wildflower blossoms, from red poppies and yellow-and-white daisies to purple thistles and blue borage. I plucked a few while staying in the dusty little village of El Palmar to study more closely.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, city, dandelions, flowers, photography, pictures, sidewalk, weeds on 1 May 2013 | Leave a Comment »
Big bro and kid bro dandelion hanging out in front of the techno club ://aboutblank. Giving them a once over: cool couple hops and Ailanthus altissima.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, bars, Berlin, confined, photography, plants, sidewalk, underground, weeds on 1 October 2012 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, mirror, photography, pictures, plants, sidewalk, street, trash, weeds on 3 September 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Plants in the bathroom mirror. Spotted this morning on the sidewalk of Gubener Straße, one of Friedrichshain’s greenest hidden little streets.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, flowers, friedrichshain, mushrooms, sidewalk, street, summer, tree of heaven, weeds on 2 September 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Things are lushest at the end of summer, especially this summer in Berlin. Weeks of rain alternating with a few super-hot days mean plants growing prodigiously and in more places than I’ve ever seen – or am I just noticing them more? Above, arugula elbows in next to the stinging nettle near the Modersohnbrücke in Friedrichshain, the bridge where young folks gather to watch the sunset. Now they can have a little snack with their cheap beer.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged alianthus, art, Berlin, city, friedrichshain, graffiti, sidewalk, tree, tree of heaven, weeds on 9 June 2012 | 2 Comments »
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, gardening, grass, photography, pictures, plants, sidewalk, weeds on 6 June 2012 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Berlin plants, Questions & discussion, tagged art, Berlin, manhole, photography, pictures, sidewalk, squatters, street, underground, weeds on 13 May 2012 | 2 Comments »
Did you ever wonder… what can happen under… under a manhole cover? I had to stop in my tracks while strolling around Sonntagstraße in Berlin-Friedrichshain recently – there was something alive down there!
Posted in Events, exhibitions, etc., Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged art, exhibition, Hamburg, installation, plants, urban plants, video, weeds on 11 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Artist duo Iris-a-Maz invite us all to their new video installation, Ultra Plants, opening tonight, May 11, in Hamburg. As fellow artistic investigators of urban plants who have contributed insights and images to Urban Plant Research in the past, Iris-a-Maz have now turned their attention to so-called weeds.
Posted in From our contributors, Plants worldwide, tagged art, Berlin, dandelions, flowers, nature, photography, pictures, plants, weeds on 4 May 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Photos in response for our call for dandelions, to wrap up the week! This dreamy close-up is from Sarah Parker, aka @sparkler on Instagram, as is the following trio…
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