I love the cute little potted gardens popping up around every corner in Tokyo. Don't you?
My mum has the sweetest little veggie patch at her home complete with tomatoes, strawberries, two types of cucumbers and a selection of herbs. I, on the other hand, have a collection of dead and half dying plants left over from the time I went out and spent $250 at the nursery in attempt to create my own Tokyo potted garden.
Today my mum visited and set about sharing some of her gardening tips with me. Together we took cuttings from some of the more alive looking plants and planted them in the unhappiest looking pots. Later my boyfriend came along with the watering can. If in time, we have successfully raised these cuttings, I will secretly know it was because of the love and care from the three of us. Fingers crossed!
To find out more about Tokyo's lovely potted gardens, please click here and here.
the potted gardens of japan - so wonderful! it's like guerilla gardeners but without the horrible channel 7(?) production. the pingmag link to their garden photos is so great - oh how sad they are on hiatus.
ReplyDeletei hope your little garden grows:)
well if you dont have a big garden you have to do the best you can anyway!
ReplyDeleteOw thank you Bree. Yes aren't they wonderful! I am always stopping to admire them whilst walking around Tokyo. I always want to bring home the cute lattice and mini fences from Japanese gardening stores! They have the best everything in Japan don't they! sigh.
ReplyDeleteVera - thank you for your comment! Yes, it's true, even the smallest of spaces can be turned into a mini splash of nature using plants in containers!
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lovely potted gardens. Good pics.
ReplyDeleteThank you FruteJuce! :) I spend a lot of my time in Japan taking pics of these gardens so I am so pleased you were able to enjoy them! Thank you so much for your lovely comment!
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Hello "Hello Sandwich"-san. Writing comments from Tokyo.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting for me to find that you think Japanese potted garden cute! For us Japanese those gardens are too common to pay special attention to... So your view is such an eye-opener for me! I also love bento, lovely food designs, visiting small contemporary galleries in Tokyo. I love your blog and look forward to your new articles!
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あなたのBlogを読みたいけど、私の日本語はうまくないので読めません！
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It was so lovely to see your Comment and your sweet words about Hello Sandwich! Oh you love bento too! yay! Are you packing bento everyday? You love Japanese contemporary art too! wow we have a lot in common!
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LOVE this. i am all about these potted gardens!!! i am currently doing this in my patio and some in my room!
ReplyDeleteMake it Easy! Ha ha! Me too! I love them so much! I planted one but they have almost all died! I think less flowers more greenery might be the way forward for me! Hope you post some pics of yours soon! (saw your egg ones though - so cute!)
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HA!! I have potted garden in my place too, I'm growing potted flowers and veggies :)
ReplyDeleteI never thought much of it but this is a part of our culture i guess!
Hello Hiki! Thats great news you have a potted garden too! I would love to see photos... Onegaishimasu!!!!!!!!!
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ReplyDeleteI also love tokyo potted garden!
It's sooooooo cute(kawaii) for me.
And I'm taken photos of "the Tokyo Potted Garden".
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