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 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…
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged art, Berlin, flowers, lichtenberg, lichtenberg studios, nature, photography, pictures, residency, weeds, window on 22 May 2014| 4 Comments »
Berlin is in full bloom. Spring started early this year, so now, in mid-May, we are finding the city’s green spaces and empty lots covered in foliage, wildflowers and interesting weeds. On yesterday’s walks (to forage elderflowers near the residency studio, and later exploring Karlshorst with its allotment gardens and green spaces around the racetrack), we found ourselves interested in the specific plants we encountered, and collected some specimens.
Posted in Berlin plants, Events/exhibitions/etc., tagged architecture, art, artist residency, Berlin, lichtenberg, lichtenberg studios, nature, photography, pictures, window on 15 May 2014| Leave a Comment »
In just a couple days, Sara will arrive in Berlin on for our one-week residency in Lichtenberg. This morning, I picked up the studio keys and took the opportunity to scout out the area for interesting plants. Here are a few things I saw. It looks like we’ll find plenty to explore! So stop by the blog: we’ll be posting about what we find, and where we’ll be working in public spaces around the district.
Also, an interesting Part 2 has just been added to our event next Friday…
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, planes, schöneberg, succulents, travel, urban plants, window on 13 March 2014| 5 Comments »
Spotted this terrifying scene in a travel agent’s window while strolling around Berlin’s Schöneberg district last week. While the oblivious agent calmly sold tickets to two customers, a violent plant was attacking one of the planes parked in the window, while various carved figurines passively looked on.
Posted in Plants worldwide, tagged architecture, art, building, Malmö, photography, pictures, street, sweden, window on 22 February 2014| 1 Comment »
Is this street empty of trees or full of them? Depends on how you count ’em.
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, Plants worldwide, Projects from others, tagged balcony, Berlin, blogging, city, gardening, potted plant, window on 11 September 2013| Leave a Comment »
Georgia over at local ecologist is featuring window box gardens from different urban plant bloggers around the world, from Tokyo to London. I’m honored to be today’s guest blogger, musing on my window box garden dreams. Read more in my guest blog post at local ecologist.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged Berlin, kindergarten, neukölln, painting, tree, window on 6 September 2013| Leave a Comment »
Some of Berlin’s best windows are Kindergarten windows. Unlike the kindergarten denoted by US English, which is part of primary school, a German Kindergarten or Kindertagestätte (Kita for short) is a pre-school day care. If the windows are any indication, a major part of Kindergarten here is decorating the rooms with cheery plants and animals—putting the Garten in Kindergarten and more urban plants on our sidewalks.
Posted in Berlin plants, tagged bamboo, Berlin, fake plants, Mitte, window on 8 June 2013| Leave a Comment »
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