Pot Plant Gardens, Bangalore
Urban Gardening is… (to date) not really existent in Bangalore. The reasons why and some anticipated changes of this circumstance will be elaborated in subsequent interviews*. Instead, Bangalorians like to put out their potted plants on the sidewalks. These are mostly Dieffenbachias, Aloes, Anthuriums, Hibiscus, Spider Plants and the occasional Monstera. Sometimes, on a balcony you’ll find a tomato plant, but in the streets, generally, no vegetables can be found. One might argue that the is not enough open space available, but it is rather a different attitude towards concepts of public and private that keeps the Bangalorians from turning unused soil into cultivated plots. And lack of time, they say.
* with Poonam Bir Kasturi from Daily Dump (about composting and waste culture) Richard Gomes from WorkbenchProject in Halasuru (about „turtletopia“ and urban gardening) and Suresh Jayaram, Gallery Shanti Road 1 (about Indian garden culture and Bangalore’s past and present).
For a start now, some meditative views of pavement plants and plantings…
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Plants for Sale
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70s style?
![](http://datscharadio.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PA040235plant-300x200.jpg)
Geranium in broken pot
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Seen from a taxi window
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Seen from a taxi window
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Aloe on railing
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Diagonal view.
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Classic. Sidewalk. Arrangement.
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Grouped close to tree
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