the pothole gardener

A fashionable little garden

steve — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:03:05 +0000

What to wear gardening isn’t something I often really think about (apart from maybe on world naked gardening day). But it’s London fashion week so I headed off gardening with my most fashionable buddy Kate over the weekend and we made a little garden to celebrate these wonderful clothes by Mary Katrantzou. Enjoy.

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A little spiky visitor

steve — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:09:04 +0000

I recently became aware of the charity called PTES. They have a wonderful little site full of hedgehog friendly tips, check it out http://www.hedgehogstreet.org/

I was so inspired by what they are doing, I decided to create my own hedgehog friendly pothole garden. You wont believe who stopped by and checked it out…

While my little visitor is an African variety, PTES is all about protecting local species. Here are some more snaps of my new best mate…

A big thanks to Anne and Simeon (official Hedgehog wranglers) and Cheyne for the video!

This week I also learned of this awesome pothole garden hunt in tassie – check it out!

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Let it snow!

steve — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:04:01 +0000

London was covered in a thick blanket of snow overnight, not exactly perfect gardening weather. But hey, this is London and you can’t let the weather get the better of you, right?

What are the ideal props for a little snow garden I hear you ask. Mini skis and a sled, of course.

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PS Thanks for all the positive comments write-ups over the past couple of weeks, especially the wonderful Kate McAuley from i-am-not-a-celebrity.

Holes Of Happiness

steve — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:53:54 +0000

One thing that always amazes me is how people react to my gardens. So much so that I’ve created this short film, Holes Of Happiness (with the help of Cheyne and friends).

We tried to capture peoples first reactions to our gardening antics, and we asked them about what they were looking at and why they thought they existed.

Let me know what you think!

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Knitting up a storm…

steve — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:42:59 +0000

Inspired by a lovely little piece of knitting sent to me recently, here’s my latest little garden, created in Moss Place East London.

Thank you so much Louise for sending me this lovely little knitted flower which now has a home outside Buckingham Palace, London.

I’d like to dedicate this post to those close to me who have suffered from the effects of cancer this year. Fingers crossed that next year is a healthy one. If you’re doing some last minute shopping for Christmas, why not consider giving in celebration? It’s a great way of giving that helps to benefit Cancer Research.

All the best for 2012.

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A few bricks short in Brick Lane…

steve — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:03:29 +0000

Brick Lane, the heart of East London’s street art scene, got a little bit of green fingering over the weekend.

This massive pothole, which has been there for over a month, made the perfect setting for my latest little creation.

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Little moments of happiness…

steve — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:23:44 +0000

Here’s a little film featuring my little gardens…

Thanks to the talented Nadia Ackerman for letting me use her wonderful song.

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Everyone loves mail…

steve — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:15:22 +0000

Everyone loves mail, right?

Yesterday, I headed out with Zing from The East London Gardener to create a little Autumnal garden, complete with a little mailbox.

I also caught this fantastic busker at Columbia Road Markets – check him out!

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A royal visitor…

steve — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:39:01 +0000

I was hoping to create a royal pothole garden to celebrate the arrival of the queen in Canberra, Australia (you may have seen the garden I created to celebrate the royal wedding earlier this year). But alas, Canberra’s roads are in such good shape I couldn’t actually find a decent pothole!

I was did see the queen this morning though, at Canberra’s Floriade festival of flowers. She arrived by boat and we even got a wave, much to the delight of the crowd who’d gathered to see her.

I visited Floriade recently to get some ideas for some new gardens, here are a few of my snaps.

Here’s the garden Kate and I created for the royal wedding recently!

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Floating Filipino government officials in one of my gardens!

steve — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 03:53:37 +0000

I’m not sure if you’ve heard about them, but a blogger picked up some seriously dodgy photoshopping of some Filipino government officials recently, and they’ve become an internet sensation! The trio have been photoshopped everywhere, from South Park to The Price Is Right – check out the Facebook page.

I found it so amusing I’ve put them in one of my pothole gardens!

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