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
Along the narrow no-man’s-land between the railway track fencing and the road there is just enough space for residents of the house that lies directly opposite to create an asagao (morning glory) garden.
Constructed of plastic/metal gardening rods, bamboo and plastic twine this simple 3m x 1.5m (approx.) construction provides the right amount of support for the plants to climb and bloom. I like that the seed packet has been left at the base of the plant to let pedestrians know what is growing (or maybe it is a reminder to the gardener).
This is a great example of the affordable, productive, and enjoyable appropriation of unused/unusable space that is characteristic of Tokyo DIY gardening.
Materials: Plastic Stake, Bamboo, Plastic Twine
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
Sidewalk gardening space marked out in bamboo stakes and plastic twine.
Materials: Bamboo Stake, Plastic Twine
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Brooms are hung from a construction of wire and plastic twine.
Materials: Wire, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
A tree is trained over an entrance way by being tied to a plastic pole.
Materials: Plastic Twine, Plastic Pole
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Corner tree trained/bound by plastic twine.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Pot planst kept out of the way and trained up the side of a house with plastic twine tied to pipes.
Materials: Plastic Twine
Location: Nakano-Ku, Tokyo
