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。
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線路の隣、植物がいろいろ。All kinds of plants thrive next to the railway tracks.
Unwanteds share railway informal greenspace: “pest” cacti and graffiti in Brisbane.
Railway informal greenspace “weeds” can be a very colourful part of the urban landscape!
All kinds of plants grow along Japanese railway tracks - herbicide use and maintenance seem lower than in Australia.
Railway informal greenspace alongside an apartment block in Sapporo, Japan.
Railway informal greenspace is often unused for safety reasons. But along this JR line, residents can rent parcels of land for ¥3000 per month to use them as vegetable gardens!
Railway informal greenspace in beautiful autumn colours - all I need to be happy ;)
River flood banks have been used as recreational greenspace. In many cases however, the frequent flooding makes their full subjugation to human rules impossible - and creates a constant spectacle of changing urban natural landscape.
Industrial areas, railway surroundings and their slopes and fences are mostly free from the pressure of the suburban aesthetic ideals that dictate mown lawn and orderly hedges.
Trace #0010, 12 by yuki.s on Flickr.
Waterside railway informal greenspace or hardened concrete walls?
Urban railway verge informal greenspace: a refuge for plants unwanted elsewhere? A place for “weeds” where human judgement of “out-of-place-ness” is suspended through lack of attention?
Informal greenspace along the railway line between Nagoya and Osaka (Japan). You can see some IGS under the power line on the right, too.
