Roadside Brick Planter
Long roadside planter constructed of loosely packed bricks also functions as parking deterrent on residential street.
Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Green Complements Green
Man-made green adds functionality (all weather use) and safety (non-slip?) to a patch of less-desirable real grass (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Materials: Astroturf
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo
Stair Garden
Hanging garden on residential entrance stairs (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Material: Stair Railing
Location: Itabashi-Kuyakushomae, Tokyo
Tight Spot Planter
A lovely planter in a tight spot (courtesy of Tokyo-based designer Edith Prakoso)
Location: Nogizaka, Tokyo
Tiered Garden and Plot
Two tiered gardens constructed from plastic planting shelves and old computer desk. Plot made of breeze blocks and plastic planks.
Materials: Breeze Blocks, Shelves, Computer Desk, Planters
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Clinic Potplants on Marble
Marble strips support and allow drainage for pot plant decoration outside of local clinic.
Materials: Marble
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Ashtray Birdfeeder
Oranges secured with wire to metal ashtrays act as effective and colourful birdfeeders – adding life, scent and song to suburban Tokyo.
Materials: Ashtray, Wire, Plastic Pole
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Tree Stabilisation in Plastic Twine and String
Trees decorating the entrance are stabilised with plastic twine and string
Materials: Plastic Twine, String
Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo
Garden in Planks, Pots and Breeze Blocks
Garden built on parking area – constructed of planks and breeze blocks. Notice that the garden is actually an aggregation of pot plants, which look like a cohesive whole due to rotting autumn leaves. Superb.
Materials: Planks, Pots, Breeze Blocks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Tree Trained Away From Power Pole
Tree trained to grow away from power pole with a steel rod and scrap wood. Rod affixed to tree with wire.
Materials: Wood, Steel Rod, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Pot Plant Space and BBQ seat
The boundary of a driveway modified as a pot plant display area and seat for outdoor BBQs.
Materials: Wood
Location: Akshima, Tokyo
Used Tyre Planter
A stack of used tyres form the base of a bonsai planter in suburban Tokyo.
Materials: Tyres
Location: Tachikawa, Tokyo
Pot Plant Holder in Two Types of Wire
Hanging pot plant holder constructed of thick electrical wire (hanging support) and wire (pot holder) in suburban green house.
Material: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Drain Pipe Storage Beam
Beam attached to structure with string for storage in suburban greenhouse.
Material: Drain Pipe, String
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Wire Pot Plant Hangers
Wire twisted into pot plant holders to decorate roadside residential fencing.
Materials: Wire
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Carpark Greening in Breeze Blocks
Breeze blocks that form the edging of a carpark double as sturdy plant pots.
Materials: Breeze Blocks
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Protecting the Flowers in Plastic Bags
Plastic bags protect tropical plants from the bitter Nagoya winter.
Materials: Plastic Bags
Location: Nagoya, Aichi
Trees Support Pots Support Trees
Mature trees support their still-potted adolescent friend.
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org
Towering Tethered Sunflowers
As I rode my kick scooter across Tokyo from Shibuya to Ochanomizu, on the way to the Tokyo Mapping Workshop in the heat of summer I turned a corner in a deserted backstreet and ran straight into these monsters…… so tall they need to be tethered to the chain link fence for support as they wither.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Lots more Tokyo sunflowers [HERE] and on Tokyo Green Space [HERE]
Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening
