Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works: Remove that edible garden at once, Ron Finley!  What’s wrong with this picture? Here we go, AGAIN. In an area of the country where there isn’t enough fresh produce for the population, and where the mayor has implemented a one-year moratorium on the building of fast-food restaurants in a 32-square mile area, you would think the message is “we need to grow more of our own fresh food.” Right? That’s what Ron Finley sought to do, and now he’s being directed to remove his edible gardens along the parkway. There will be no more edible beautification projects for you, Ron Finley!  Thanks to Colleen Vanderlinden on Twitter for bringing this to our attention. 

Los Angeles Dept. of Public Works: Remove that edible garden at once, Ron Finley! 

What’s wrong with this picture? Here we go, AGAIN. In an area of the country where there isn’t enough fresh produce for the population, and where the mayor has implemented a one-year moratorium on the building of fast-food restaurants in a 32-square mile area, you would think the message is “we need to grow more of our own fresh food.” Right? That’s what Ron Finley sought to do, and now he’s being directed to remove his edible gardens along the parkway. There will be no more edible beautification projects for you, Ron Finley! 

Thanks to Colleen Vanderlinden on Twitter for bringing this to our attention. 

Beautifying Paris one “No Parking Pole” at a time. You know how a great pair of earrings can make a dress? These fabric pots have the same effect on the streets of Paris. You can read more about this at Urban Gardens and Tree Hugger. The creative impact is too great not to share again. Paris POTOGREEN beautification project is being coordinated by Parisian artist, Paule Kingleur of Paris Label. Fabric pots are being hung up and down the streets on No Parking Poles as way to dress up the city’s streets and public places.  The pots were made from recycled milk cartons, tent fabric, and aluminum by individuals at Emmaus Maisons-Alfort, a rehabilitation center for the homeless. Kingleur then worked with 600 school children to plant seeds and keep the pots watered once installed. Project coordinators also ask local residents to adopt a pole-pocket-garden and take it upon themselves to water and care for the pots.  The pots don’t hold a lot of plants, but when they are planted all in a row in a single area, they have an impact upon the residents: “When I left my house and I saw all these stakes with umbrellas of green, it was a piece of poetry in the street,” one resident told Le Parisien.  Here are some photos from Parislabel.com.  Photos by Anne Mazauric/Paris Label, Paule Kingleur/Potogreen, Alain Delavie/www.pariscotejardin.fr  

Beautifying Paris one “No Parking Pole” at a time. You know how a great pair of earrings can make a dress? These fabric pots have the same effect on the streets of Paris. You can read more about this at Urban Gardens and Tree Hugger. The creative impact is too great not to share again.

Paris POTOGREEN beautification project is being coordinated by Parisian artist, Paule Kingleur of Paris Label. Fabric pots are being hung up and down the streets on No Parking Poles as way to dress up the city’s streets and public places. 

The pots were made from recycled milk cartons, tent fabric, and aluminum by individuals at Emmaus Maisons-Alfort, a rehabilitation center for the homeless. Kingleur then worked with 600 school children to plant seeds and keep the pots watered once installed. Project coordinators also ask local residents to adopt a pole-pocket-garden and take it upon themselves to water and care for the pots. 

The pots don’t hold a lot of plants, but when they are planted all in a row in a single area, they have an impact upon the residents: “When I left my house and I saw all these stakes with umbrellas of green, it was a piece of poetry in the street,” one resident told Le Parisien. 

Here are some photos from Parislabel.com. 

Photos by Anne Mazauric/Paris Label, Paule Kingleur/Potogreen, Alain Delavie/www.pariscotejardin.fr