Posted in Berlin plants, Events/exhibitions/etc., Projects from others, tagged art, art project, Berlin, community garden, drawing, exhibition, garden on 1 September 2016| Leave a Comment »
You’re invited to the Tiny Haus at the Prinzessinnengarten, Berlin’s coolest community garden (where you can drink beer between trees), for an exhibition this Saturday and Sunday, 2-5pm (September 3-4). Drawings and herbarium specimens will fill the room, made by students from the past two Botanical Drawing Workshops taught by my friend and fellow urban plant lover, Mira O’Brien.
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, tagged Berlin, cracks, karlshorst, lichtenberg, stairs, train station, vine, weed on 24 August 2016| 1 Comment »
On the metal stairs at the Berlin-Karlshorst train station, between the S-Bahn and regional train platforms, our faithful correspondent Martin Hill “tripped over” this specimen on his way to work. (more…)
Posted in Berlin plants, Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged Berlin, big, graveyard, old, resource, tree, website on 1 March 2016| Leave a Comment »
Do you like big, old trees? Well, you can find 22,446 big and old trees (with more posted every day) on the amazing international Monumental Trees website. My colleague, the writer and literary translator Isabel Cole, posted some great Berlin trees from the site today, and I knew I had to share this resource with you. monumentaltrees.com
Above: a giant black poplar in a graveyard in Berlin-Friedrichshain at Landsberger Allee and Friedenstraße. This graveyard used to be my backyard.
Have fun combing the website for big trees in your area, or making a virtual world tour of momentous trees. Do post the link below if you find any special specimens.
Posted in Berlin plants, Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged art, Berlin, book, funny, gardening, photography, pictures, plants, seoul on 6 October 2015| 2 Comments »
“When I think about my first impressions of Korea, I see before all else overpopulated, hectic, noisy cities, modest, traditional architecture side by side with the ubiquitous functional yet disconsolate prefabricated housing blocks; I see Buddhist pagodas hemmed in by 8 lane traffic arteries…” writes Florian Bong-Kil Grosse about his new book of photography, Hanguk. This thoughtful, plant-appreciating Berlin artist shared some photos on this blog last year, and now we’d like to share his new publication and other recent work.
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, tagged art, Berlin, berries, chestnuts, city, photography, pictures, street art on 12 October 2014| 2 Comments »
A report from Berlin, the former headquarters of Urban Plant Research. While I’ve been busy getting oriented amongst the tropical flora of Hawaii, my friend Dorothee of Lilienfeld sent in this report from the grounds of Schloss Charlottenburg. She found the station of Queen Luise thus decorated. She notes that the pearl earrings are made of snowberries. These are also known as “Knallerbsen,” the German term for the small novelty explosives now in English as bang-snaps or poppers. Was it the Queen’s birthday? Or did the fall abundance of horse chestnuts and berries inspire an impromptu decorating session? I don’t know, but I am charmed.
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, tagged art, Berlin, East German, lichtenberg, overgrown, photography, pictures, playground, weeds on 18 July 2014| Leave a Comment »
Lichtenberg native Martin Hill writes that he just rediscovered this playground in his district on the corner of Friedenhorster Straße and Splanemannstraße. He explains that it dates back to East German days and is now beautifully overgrown — once in awhile, the plants will be cut back, only to be forgotten and left to cover the area once again. Once again, thanks for a lovely contribution, Martin!
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, tagged art, Berlin, cement, city, club, crack, Mitte, photography, pictures, techno on 15 July 2014| 2 Comments »
At the Ewerk, an electrical substation turned techno club turned upscale event location in Berlin-Mitte, Martin Hill found this plant playing bouncer in the driveway, right below the red-and-white striped barrier. Thank you, Martin!
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, bicycle, cactus, lavender, neukölln, photography, pictures, window on 14 June 2014| Leave a Comment »
Ran into some intriguing urban plants while passing through Neukölln a few times this week. Near Richardplatz, aerial lavender at a new bar…
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, Personal plants, tagged art, Berlin, city, garden, gardening, neukölln, photography, pictures on 6 June 2014| Leave a Comment »
It was at an edible urban plants walk (led by artist Karola Schlegelmilch seven years ago) that I first met Deborah S. Phillips, an artist based in Berlin-Neukölln. Since then our paths have crossed regularly; we seem to share a lot of different interests besides plants, such as visual art and translation. After attending our plant discussion in Lichtenberg, Deborah sent this photo of her courtyard, which she’s been caring for. More about that and many other things on her blog: http://deborahsp.wordpress.com
Posted in Berlin plants, From our readers, Questions & discussion, tagged art, Berlin, exploring, lichtenberg, residency, street, street art, travel, video, walks, weeds on 27 May 2014| 1 Comment »
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Forschungs-Spaziergänge am See, um den Bahnhof Lichtenberg, in Parks und in einem Friedhof. Unsere Woche als Künstlerinnen in Residenz in Lichtenberg Studios war unglaublich voll und ging zu schnell zu Ende. Am Freitag, ein paar Tage vor der Abreise, haben wir zu einer Kunstveranstaltung und Prämiere eines Kurzfilms, der in diesem kürzen aber intensiven Zeitraum in Lichtenberg entstanden ist, die Öffentlichkeit eingeladen.
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