Posted in From our readers, Hawaii plants, tagged art, banana, bathroom, gardening, hawaii, kauai, photography, pictures, tree, tropical, window on 25 February 2015| 3 Comments »
A large green organism reached through a bathroom window in Kauai today, startling Urban Plant Research contributor Marko Förstel. The scientist, who is visiting Kauai for an academic conference, quickly snapped a picture to share with us. Further inspection revealed that the green being was a banana tree. Thank you, Marko, for sharing this cheeky Kauai resident. Bathroom visitors, beware!
Posted in Personal plants, Plants worldwide, tagged bathroom, flowers, herbs, indoors on 11 January 2013| Leave a Comment »
In a charming plant-themed café in northeastern Kyoto, even the bathroom sink was made of wood and adorned with a fresh hydrangea wreath and a rosemary sprig.
Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, tagged austin, bathroom, funny, instagram, interior, potted plant on 15 February 2012| Leave a Comment »
These two urban houseplants have very unusual pots. The photograph, entitled “pisspots,” was taken by Alana Mandel in Holy Cross Hall at St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas. Read on for the logical explanation behind this situation…
Posted in Plants elsewhere in NYC, tagged airport, bathroom, New York on 16 November 2011| Leave a Comment »
Our roving plant reporter Phoebe Kuo, aka my sister, found a birthday bouquet yesterday while traveling through LaGuardia Airport in New York City late at night. Although she had just endured a late evening flight following a long day of work, our birthday girl was on the alert for urban plants and snagged this cell phone shot of the perfect pretzel pairing. Is Auntie Anne’s pretzels, a LaGuardia snack mainstay, offering urban plants in Big Gulp-sized cups? If so, you heard it here first.
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