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Border Gardens
Guerrilla Gardening
The Netherlands
story by Susan Kramer; photos by Stan Schaap
Gardens sitemap
Pumpkin (Hokkaido orange)
experiment in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
NEW –
Compost Leaves in Your City Garden
Gardens in Ojai and Santa
Barbara Botanical Garden
Tomato Factory - small
hothouse experiment
Garden Green Roof
installation of sedums
Porch, pond and streambed
construction
Greenhouse
construction from a kit
Border gardens,
guerrilla gardening
Benefits of Gardening
Projects for Kids
Birds - Bluetits
- Pimpelmezen growing up
1. Border
Gardens July 2001
Border garden lining our front street in Amsterdam, Kraijenhoffstraat. Note (windmill) "windmolen
de Gooijer" at end of street on canal. I am in
denim skirt busily planting ... At this date we found that in Amsterdam pavers
against the wall could be removed for planting as long as 5 pavers of the
sidewalk width were left. Each paver is 12 inches, (30cm) square. The first
summer I worked my way toward the windmill from the corner nearest in the photo
of the pink rose (in a tub), by turning up the pavers nearest the wall to use
as border edging.
2. Border gardens July 2001
More on me planting a new garden,
turning the pavers on end and filling in with top soil and plants; also a view
of my shopping cart that not only transports grocery but plants, etc. We live
one story up. Each paver weighs 15 lbs.
Border
gardens update
3. August 2007 - 6 years later
The border gardens now extend down the whole street that you see here. We
petitioned the city of Amsterdam to replace my pavers with thick concrete
borders which they did as you can barely see below, making the gardens a
permanent addition to the street and beautifying the neighborhood.
4. August 2007 - 6 years later
Looking from the windmill end of street back down,
heartwarming to see the border gardens were contagious. I feel like Johnny
Appleseed.
email: susan@susankramer.com
copyright Susan Kramer2001-2011