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 Events/exhibitions/etc., tagged art, Berlin, exhibition, park, photography, pictures, video on 7 October 2015| Leave a Comment »
For a few more days, deep in Berlin’s Neukölln district, you can find an entire exhibition full of art about urban gardens and plants. And the gallery is in an urban oasis, a sunken garden with fountains, lawns and flowers.
Do stop by Körnerpark if you are in town and see Urban Plant Research exhibiting alongside other botanically-inclined artists. The closing reception at 5pm on Sunday, October 11, will include a tour guided by the curator and several of the artists. We sadly cannot be there in person and hope you will represent us if you are in Berlin!
Image from Galerie im Körnerpark’s Facebook page, © Nihad Nino Pusija, 2015.
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 Events/exhibitions/etc., tagged architecture, art, Berlin, exhibition, garden, gardening, neukölln, park, photography, pictures on 14 July 2015| Leave a Comment »
The exhibition Andere Gärten (Different Gardens) opens this Friday in Berlin and Urban Plant Research is honored to be participating with a new video, Beobachtungen/Observations. We’re especially excited about the show because it is not only about urban gardens, it will be in an urban garden! (more…)
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…
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