I have been looking into growing within found objects and how to allow the plant to survive and flourish. The basics of the idea is that as long as your object has drainage holes in the bottom and space for the plant to grow from the top, then you should be able to grow something in anything.
I was originally fascinated by this idea of growing plants in water,,,
,,but that was in ignorance. As by purely submersing the roots in water is a means for drowning the plant. That is also why to grow a plant in some form of container or object it needs the drainage holes, to prevent from it being over-watered and the roots suffocating.
I still mean to explore this further, as I like this idea of growing outside of soil.
Next Point;;Growing within found objects
The artist/designer Anna Garforth plays with a number of sustainable design concepts, writing messages out of moss in public spaces and creating responses to the industrial world around us. In particular I am intrigued by her HeadGardener project that she created for Guerrilla Gardening.
Where she has planted up recycled milk bottle cartons and put them up around the city. I like this fusion of the recycled object and the plant.
Another intrigue also in relation to Guerrilla Gardening and in response to the variety of things you can turn into a planter are these plastic toy dinosaurs, where they have been repainted, a whole cut out of the top and drainage holes added to the bottom.
This is a very crafty project but I like the appeal of how easy it in fact is to create your own planter out of almost anything you deem fit, as long as you apply the general runes of drainage
Final Point;;;
Hulme Community Garden Center
Within Hulme Community Garden Center, there are Community Gardens around the back and what really caught my eye was these planted up old boots. Many of them seemed to be planted up with succulents as with the dinosaurs above. I would assume as these plants are quite hardy they are more likely to survive in the peculiar environment of inside a miscellaneous object.
This growth of within the unnatural object is something i want to pursue.
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