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
Eye-Level Potplant Rack
An interesting space-saving variation on the curbside/wall garden.
A thin plank of wood rests on top of a wire fence and is secured in place with wire and string tied to the guttering and drainpipes. Extra safety is added through a long plastic gardening rod which acts as a railing along the front of the garden. Precarious yet thoughtful, this construction does not intrude into the narrow thoroughfare any further than the curb line.
Simple and non-intrusive, and the perfect height for passing pedestrians to enjoy.
Materials: Wire, String, Plank of Wood, Plastic Garden Rod
Location: Nakano, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
Sink in Hose and Wire
Washbasin created with a short hose attached to the tap with wire and tape and secured at the correct level with wire twisted around a screw.
Materials: Wire, Electrical Tape
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Pipe Parts Storage in Wire
Pipe parts and odds and ends are threaded with wire for easy storage within close reach/view.
Materials: Wire
Location: Sendagaya, Tokyo
Pocket Garden in Astroturf
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)
Hanging Garden in Pots and Wire
This lush road facing garden has a hanging component which demonstrates a number of ways to use wire to fix pot plants in precise locations.
In the third image, wire is threaded through an opening on the rim of one pot, and twisted around the window grate to secure it in place. Nearby, wire is twisted directly around the hook of a larger hanging pot to place it at the desired level. Below, in the fourth image, a more secure hanging construction is formed by wrapping wire around the pot, under the rim and then attaching a larger hook made of wire arching over the top.
Materials: Wire
Location: Kokubunji, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening.org)
Lush Green Wall Construction
In an expensive back street off Aoyama Dori in Shibuya resides this lush and intense pot plant collage. Piece by piece, plants in pots have been added to the structure, and secured with a variety of spur-of-the-moment wire and string fixes.
I love the sense of time and process present in these types of garden collages – unplanned and hectic but built up slowly over many years. Temporary in form and materials but not in presence. A type of green urban archeology.
Materials: Wire, String, Pots
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
(Originally posted on Tokyo-DIY-Gardening)
Bicycle Parking Notice Secured with Wire 3
A4 laminated official bicycle parking notice secured to pole with wire threaded through reinforced holes punched in sign.
Materials: Wire, Laminated Paper
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Bicycle Parking Notice Secured with Wire 2
Official bicycle parking notice secured to railing with wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Bicycle Parking Notice Secured with Wire
Official bicycle parking notice secured to railing with wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Parking Sign Secured with Wire
Official parking signage secured to lamp past with wire.
Materials: Wire
Location: Shibuya, Tokyo
Tree Training in Wire
Another example of how to train a tree to create a traditional and elegant entranceway. Wire twisted around the fence post creates a robust, yet temporary, easily adjustable and non-marking tethering system.
Materials: Wire
Location: Hachioji, Tokyo
Ways to Bridge the Stormwater Drain for Curbside Planting
Breeze blocks and wire planters bridge the stormwater drain, providing extra space for a curbside garden.
Materials: Breeze Blocks, Planters, Wire
Location: Hachioji, 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
Potplant Shelf on Wall
A stable shelf for potplants created by placing a plank on top of a breeze block residential wall. Notice the way that it is converted into a more stable/practical construction by threading wire through the plank twisting it around protrusions (nails) in the wall.
Materials: Wood, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Clever Hook-based Hanging Garden
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
Broom Storage in Twine and Wire
Brooms are hung from a construction of wire and plastic twine.
Materials: Wire, Plastic Twine
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Entrance Archway in Stakes
Entrace archway ready for a creeper or vine. Constructed in wire and plastic stakes.
Materials: Plastic Stake, Wire
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
Tethered Rubbish Receptacle
Receptacle for empty cans is tethered to the vending machine with wire threaded through the base of the receptacle and tied to the machine.
Materials: Wire
Location: Harajuku, Tokyo
Rubbish Day Hook in Wire
Hanging wire hook for putting out the rubbish for collection. Attached to the wall with bent wire hooked over the top of the wall (see another example here), threat of swinging constrained by threading the wire through a fastener made of a small wood block glued to the wall. Hook for holding the rubbish bag made of bent wire.
Materials: Wire, Wood
Location: Akishima, Tokyo
