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| Actually, this is the widest space pictured here and part of a commercial space pf a business which sells a few potted plans, pots, statues, antiques, etc. catering to tourists. |
I'm always gawking at gardens. Maybe I'm a garden stalker. Sometimes I take pictures. I usually don't even get out of the car. Sometimes I don't even stop the car. Thought I'd share. You might find some images inspiring, weird, or wonder, "what is going on there?". I have THAT thought a lot.
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| Newspaper box as garden art? I will qualify this as being the backside of a planting that is adjacent to a municipal parking lot. |
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| Someday (?) this will look pulled together... |
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| This hellstrip is the narrowest piece of "hell" I've ever seen. It is a two foot wide space between two parking lots reclaimed by the Waushara County Master Gardeners. |
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| The sign should say Wetlands "Parking", as the space around the sign is just about the whole park. |
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| This rustic metal sculpture is a good value-added... |
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| But they should have stopped right there. The bo-dingly value-added butterfly on a wire just adds that trash garden aspect too prevalent here in Waushara County. |
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| I suppose this was the best they could do, hiding these utilities on the back of a park sign, again it is more a "parking sign". |
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| Another hellstrip |
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| If the gardeners of the public space are lucky they have a fence as a backdrop... |
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| ...all too often it is an open space between parking space and street. |
None of these spaces is ever watered. The plants included tend to be drought tolerant perennials and natives. I suppose it is better than expecting a tree to survive in the space allowed; something you see a lot of in larger cities in Wisconsin. Did you know the life expectancy of a city street tree is just seven years?
