A naturally forming green wall in upstate NY covered with sphagnum mosses.
As an environmental mantra, ‘leave no trace,’ is a bit pathetic. It assumes that we can extract ourselves from our ecosystem — and that we are only capable of negative impact. Can’t we interact with our environment in a way that has a positive effect?
—Natalie Jeremijenko, quoted at http://www.ediblegeography.com/glass-of-eels/ (via emmamarris)
Just a lawn verge in the middle of a 4-lane road? Maybe - but it has mushrooms!
Urban micro-“wilderness” - at your doorstep.
町のマイクロ原野、すぐ目の前に！
The organic and complex shadow of the herbs is a nice contrast to the concrete street light’s.
コンクリート街路灯の影に比べて、雑草の影は有機的とコンプレックスで魅力的です。
Research hotspot: while I was looking for informal greenspace, these trees featured “under diagnosis” badges.
研究のホットスポット：非公式緑地を調べに行ったとき、街路樹に「樹木診断中」のバッジが付けられました。
#Berlin
The back of these houses next to a railway line feature a wild mix of vegetables, flower garden and informal greenspace.
路線と家の間に、野菜や花壇や非公式緑地の面白いミックスがあります。
Few fences can’t be improved by having vegetation growing all over them.
多くの場合に、生い茂った塀はただの塀よりいい。
Lifecycle: the life of many plants starts at the same place where human artefacts end theirs.
生活環：人間の物の命が終わるところで、いろいろな植物の命が始まる。
Spontaneous vegetation, air conditioners, oil tanks: the “native” inhabitants of gap informal greenspace?
自然発生植物、エアコン、石油タンク：隙間の非公式緑地の在来種？
Gaps between houses in Japan are remarkably free from the imperative of tidiness.
日本で、家の間の隙間が以外にきれいではなくても結構です。
Even isolated patches of street verge are colonized by a variety of plants.
孤立した道の端でも植物がいろいろ生えています。
