Spring has finally arrived...
I'm gardening my way around the country this spring - from Manchester to Birmingham to Cardiff to Brighton.
The Pothole Gardener project is all about creating unexpected moments of happiness. My little gardens are a respite from the greyness of London. People read all sorts of things into my gardens when they try and rationalise them - something I'm fascinated with, and I've made various films about that.
I don't generally garden on the road, only on the footpaths (I'm not completely mad) and apart from keeping safe, the only rule of pothole gardening is I don't ever use figures in my gardens. I use a lot of miniatures as part of the project, and as a big part of my work is inspiring peoples imaginations and I find leaving scenes helps provoke the audience.
The project all started as part of my Masters in Design at Central Saint Martins and my first book, The Little Book of Little Gardens, was published by Dokument Press late in 2012. I've had a lot written about my work and I've put together a little press page here.
People from all around the world have created pothole gardens, and I post them on the blog. I've now had so many submissions, I've started a dedicated page with some of my favourite submitted gardens.
You can find more of my work at www.stevewheen.com - I'm also the Master Distiller at The Distillery - www.thedistillery.tv where I produce social video content.
If you want to get in touch, drop me a mail: thepotholegardener@yahoo.com
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Spring has finally arrived...
I'm gardening my way around the country this spring - from Manchester to Birmingham to Cardiff to Brighton.
Check out this wonderful little garden, sent to my by Hans Peter von Transslyvanien.
It's perfect bike riding weather at the moment in London, don't you think? On my recent gardening adventure with Arte TV, I created this wee garden on Shoreditch High Street.
After finding some seasonal blooms at New Covent Garden Market (and meeting Bob, one of the stars of their annual calendar), I found this little pothole in Vauxhall ripe for some gardening to share the love this Valentine's Day.
This angleic little garden was sent to me yesterday from Osterburg, Germany - thanks Katrin!
I was recently in (very chilly) Stockholm and decided to flex my green fingers to create a simple little garden near the harbour.
It wouldn't be Christmas without a little festive garden, would it? I created this little garden in London Fields, complete with everything you need at Christmas time: presents, a TV, crackers, Christmas stockings, decorations, a Yule Log and of course a Christmas Tree.
The Barbican is an iconic London landmark and also home to my latest little garden...
I headed back to Shoreditch recently, where I filmed many of the gardens for my film holes of happiness, to create a little garden celebrating two of London's icons...
I was asked by Koppaberg to run a short pothole gardening walk around East London last week as part of their unestablishment series of events. So last Monday, I set off with some keen gardeners to create some miniature magic...
Recently I've been sent some photos of wonderful pothole gardens and I've been meaning to post them. It's great to see potholes from all around the world getting some love!
I have been busy this week taking my green thumbs to Milan for design week. We shot a little film which we're busy finishing at the moment, but for now here's a sneak preview...
Finally it has arrived! To celebrate, I teamed up with Time Out London and (feeling very London-proud) I recreated this famous London Landmark replacing pods with pots!
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 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).