Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged France, marseille, potted plant, travel, window on 15 December 2011| Leave a Comment »
Here’s a photograph made in sunny November Marseille a few weeks ago. While visiting the three fortresses near the mouth of the old harbor, Vieux Port, I noticed this window, which appears to have been added to the fortress wall rather recently. The room inside looks homey, with potted plants and framed pictures. I wonder if it’s the caretaker’s office, or living quarters? The plants are twice-confined, but look to be at peace with their lot in life.
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged building, city, confinement, France, Lyon, scaffolding on 22 November 2011| Leave a Comment »
Walking in the workaday neighborhood of Part Dieu on a trip to Lyon recently, on my way to the famous Les Halles food markets, I was struck by a tableaux that I had to stop and photograph.
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged cave, France, Provence on 13 November 2011| 1 Comment »
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged cities, flowers, France, Lyon, sculpture on 12 November 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Edible plants & recipes, Plants worldwide, tagged city, fallen fruit, foraging, France, fruit, grapes, Perpignan on 7 October 2011| 2 Comments »
You may have noticed a lot of foreign plants appearing on this blog, with the location changing almost daily, during the month of August. That’s because I was on a photography road trip through Germany, France, Spain and Portugal, urban plant-spotting along the way. I sent some photos from my cell phone, but I also shot five rolls of film which I still need to share with you. Here’s a few from Perpignan, on the Spanish border of France, to warm these chilly autumn days.
Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, tagged bending, France, Grenoble, reactor, science, tree on 15 May 2009| 2 Comments »
Recently, I found myself explaining Urban Plant Research to several quantum physicists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum in Berlin. I felt a bit sheepish describing our not-very-scientific approach to “research” and didn’t expect these real scientists to think much of such a whimsical project. But one of them, Elisa Wheeler, was very enthusiastic, sharing her own story of odd plants struggling in a manmade environment.
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