A line of bricks provides just enough space to add color to a bleak footpath.
Signs of life.






Materials: Brick
Location: Minami-ku, Nagoya
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
Easel legs thread through bricks for stabilization of a entrance menu.



Materials: Bricks
Location: Nagoya
Dead space unsuable for parking or commerce is just big enough for a family size harvest of onions.


Materials: Brick Border
Location: Nagoya
Plants trump cars (or rather, genially share space with them) in this family-feeding size parking lot planter.
See also Pots Trump Cars in Kokubunji on this site – and blocking plants and 4 ways to use parking space from the fantastic Linus Yng.



Materials: Bricks, Metal Stakes, Metal Shelving
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Long roadside planter constructed of loosely packed bricks also functions as parking deterrent on residential street.




Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima-shi, Tokyo
Loose bricks arranged around potplants in an attempt to beautify a mom-n-pop suburban retail space.



Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Potplants secured top their precarious wall-top position with bricks.



Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
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
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)
Bricks used as planters on curb outside house.


Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
A single brick acts as an elegant and sufficient stopping block for a bicycle outside a local restaurant.


Materials: Brick
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Stacked bricks form a space for a little garden in front of a local restaurant.


Materials: Bricks
Location: Akishima, Tokyo