A few bricks in the right place create a living and edible space out of dead in a Yanaka lane. Basil is fast growing and pretty hardy – great for an ad hoc spot of tasty green.
Materials: Bricks
Location: Yanaka, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
Pegs/Clips stored along streetside gate.
Materials: Gate
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
This pocket garden perched on a residential fence is home to two healthy seedlings. The planter is constructed from an astroturf off-cut attached to the trellis fence with thin wire.
A simple and effective use of waste material.
Materials: Wire, Astroturf
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo DIY Gardening)
A large scale foundation for creeping greens constructed from simple materials – netting, plastic twine, and plastic rods. Coming up to, and through, the summer the climbers should take over this frame, creating shade and privacy in the summer months (like a living sudare (簾:すだれ)).
Materials: Netting, Plastic Twine, Plastic Rods
Location: Kokubunji, Tokyo
Trees are trained away from the driveway of a high-end residence in Shibuya with a length of string.
No matter the value of the real estate, the gardening fixes tend to be the same……
Materials: String
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
(Oringinally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
Apron hung out to dry by its strings under a shop overhang (bottom left).
Materials: Apron
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Hand towel drying rack constructed from clothes hanger and bulldog clip. Last photo demonstrates the strength and necessity of the bulldog clip in the strong Shibuya wind.
Materials: Clothes Hanger, Bulldog Clip
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Safety reflector tape on driveway gate and wall make late night parking a breeze.
Materials: Reflector Tape
Location: Hachioji, Tokyo
Tree trained over entrance gate with a sturdy wooden pole and rope.
Materials: Wooden Pole, Rope
Location: Hachioji, Tokyo
String tied around a hook keeps this gate open. Wire binds it to the concrete block wall.
Materials: String, Wire, Hook
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
The wall/entrance to this shed is held up by string attached to the roof.
Materials: String
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Planters supported by wood, bricks and curb.
Materials: Wood, Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
(1) A place to store brooms and the bicycle pump. (2) An umbrella stand. (3) Garden rubbish bin and garden implement storage.
Materials: Gas Meter
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
A clever solution for creating a hanging garden along a breeze block wall without damaging/affecting the structure in any permanent way.
Wire is threaded through the gaps in the ornamental blocks, and wound around from top to bottom. The ends are then twisted and bent up to form a robust hook for supporting a planter. The result is a (potential) wall of green which is easily removed/altered.
Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Garden space is created on the curb in front of a residential wall on a narrow street. The owner of the property did not want to encroach on the already scarce road space so she constructed a planter from rocks and concrete right on top of the curb. The limited volume of the created space necessitated hardy succulents (the owner noted that she had tried to grow other flowers but they didn’t work out). She was so confident of their hardiness that she picked a few off and offered them to me to take home. Fantastic!
When quizzed about the origins of the design, she confessed that she hadn’t seen the idea anywhere else – it just ‘popped’ into her head as a suitable solution.
Materials: Concrete, Rocks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Scarce curbside space is increased just enough to accomodate pot plants along a residential wall.
Materials: Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo.
Brooms are hung from a construction of wire and plastic twine.
Materials: Wire, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Bricks used as planters on curb outside house.
Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Pot plant shelf constructed on the exterior of block wall with plastic rods. Pots secured with string and plastic grill.
Materials: Plastic Stake, String, Plastic Grill
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Green wall constructed from planters, breeze blocks and netting.
Materials: Planter, Breeze Block, Netting
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
