Posts Tagged ‘summer’
Berlin: Hoppiness at S-Bahn station Hermannstraße
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, hops, summer on 20 June 2013| 2 Comments »
Berlin: A summer’s worth of wild growth
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.