Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, Friedrichshain, houseplant, photography, pictures, window on 29 January 2014| 6 Comments »
Standing on the snowy sidewalk in Berlin-Friedrichshain this morning, I saw a large, many-handed plant waving at me from Royal, the corner bar across the street from the Rudolfsplatz park. This bar only opens around dinnertime, so during the day, the many plants are the only living things around.
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Posted in Berlin plants, Edible plants & recipes, tagged Berlin, Friedrichshain, gardening, guerilla gardening, street, vegetables on 17 July 2013| 5 Comments »
A squash plant thriving in a public wooden structure intended to support a young tree. Mainzer Straße was recently dug up to repair water pipes below; this very young tree appears to have been planted after the street was restored. So it, and the structure supporting it, are rather new arrivals on the block.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, city, club, dandelions, flowers, Friedrichshain, sidewalk, techno, 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 Berlin, Friedrichshain, funny, intervention, sidewalk, snow, spring, street art, winter on 5 April 2013| 7 Comments »
Snow is still on the ground a week after Easter. Most Berliners are busy complaining about the total absence of spring, but my neighbor Herr Mischke has taken matters into his own hands. On the mountain of old snow in front of his bookshop, Atlantis, he’s throwing this spring’s first garden party on the icy peak.
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Geografische Buchhandlung Atlantis is an independent bookshop ‘for reading travelers and traveling readers,’ with maps, travel guides, and general interest books (mostly in German). Karl-Marx-Allee 98, Berlin-Friedrichshain.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, city, foliage, food, Friedrichshain, ice cream, trash, tree on 7 September 2012| 2 Comments »
Spotted this morning on Modersohnstraße, summer’s single last blossom on the ice-cream tree.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged 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 ailanthus, Berlin, Friedrichshain, gardening, treeofheaven on 1 August 2012| Leave a Comment »
…with the invincible trees of heaven among the roses on Karl-Marx-Allee in Friedrichshain.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged alianthus, Berlin, city, Friedrichshain, graffiti, sidewalk, tree, tree of heaven, weeds on 9 June 2012| 2 Comments »
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, city, Friedrichshain, gardening on 3 April 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, city, construction, Friedrichshain, street, weeds on 21 October 2011| 2 Comments »
Today I just have one modest little plants-on-the-ground photo from me, a mini-post before I take leave of the urban plants to spend the weekend in the woods with the big trees, mushrooms, frogs, fishes and foxes. I spotted this cement donut yesterday at the subway construction site in front of my house, which has been a very tumultuous habitat for those brave plants who have dared to grow there during the past two years.
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