Potplants Secured with Bricks
Potplants secured top their precarious wall-top position with bricks.
Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Signage Stabilization in Bricks
Outdoor lightbox-type signage is supported and secured by bricks placed under and on top of the structure. One sign to six bricks.
Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Tree Training in Wire
A small tree outside a local sushi restaurant is trained away from the road with wire twisted around a pole and a larger tree.
Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Security or Stabilization? 003
Another entry in the “security or stabilization?” series..[e.g. 1], [e.g. 2].. This one looks as if it is secured to keep the tree from obstructing the front entrance.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Yanaka, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)
Banner and Flags with PET Bottles
PET bottles (soft drink and shochu) filled with water secure a store banner and stabilise promotional flags.
Materials: Pet Bottle, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Security or Stabilization?
A medium size potted bamboo plant is secured to a breeze block and signpost with a long length of plastic twine (one key item in the urban gardener’s arsenal).
What is the function of this construction? Is it a security device – being of just enough nuisance to discourage late-night strollers from lightheartedly taking it home (It is easy pickings for any determined thief)?. Is it a stabilizing defense against high-winds? Or, does it simply prevent the pot from falling/being bumped over in its precarious position?
(First published on Tokyo DIY Gardening)
Materials: Plastic Rope/Twine, Breeze Block, Signpost
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Gate held together with String, Wire and Hook
String tied around a hook keeps this gate open. Wire binds it to the concrete block wall.
Materials: String, Wire, Hook
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Holding the House Together in String
The wall/entrance to this shed is held up by string attached to the roof.
Materials: String
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Heavy Duty Hanging Garden
Large plastic laundry hook serves as support for a large hanging planter.
Materials: Hook, Tree
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Akishima Hanging Garden
Tree branch supports small pot plant.
Materials: Tree Branch
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Archway in Duct Tape
Crumbling entrance archway held together with duct tape.
Materials: Duct Tape
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo
Training a Creeper in Bamboo Rods and String
A creeper is trained up, out to, and along a tree with bamboo rods and string.
Materials: Bamboo Rod, String
Location: Mitaka, Tokyo
Fence in Wire and Corrugated Iron
Corrugated iron sheets form a fence when affixed to metal reinforcing spikes. Plastic stakes fixed to the back provide extra stabilization.
Materials: Wire, Metal Spike, Plastic Stake
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Cobbled Together Fence in Wire
Fence constructed from many fences. Held together with wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Piping Support in Tape
Piping on the side of apartment building attached to corrugated siding with electrical tape.
Materials: Electrical Tape
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
String Supported Bonsai
Bonsai trained/supported with string on a breeze block shelf.
Materials: String, Breeze Blocks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Pot Plant Shelf in Wire and Plastic
Shelf for outdoor pot plant garden constructed from wood and wire. Drip protection from attached plastic sheeting.
Materials: Wire, Plastic Sheet
Location: Ome, Tokyo
Awning Support in Wire
Awning for side-of-house pot-plant garden supported by wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Ome, Tokyo
Blind Support in Wire
Outdoor hanging blind attached with wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Ome, Tokyo
Structure Support in Wire
The supporting post of the front door overhang braced up by wire secured to the ground by a nail in the concrete slab. Poured concrete addition to stabilze.
Materials: Wire, Nail, Concrete
Location: Ome, Tokyo
