In the innercity of Amsterdam the houses are packed together with narrow streets without gardens. But many people like to have some green around the house and make the best of the limited spaces to create some kind of garden. Living on a houseboat means no garden, but this owner created some floating gardens around the boat. I even see a tree in the background!
This houseboat owner made a rope from the tree to the lamppost with some green growing along.
Here somebody made a nice garden in front of the canal house only with flowerpots.
And another one also uses the limited space for plants.
But this is the very green of all!
Our minds sure were connected today with similar postings. I love that tree in the boat garden. Do think he might be a land lover at heart? :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHa,Ha, I love the car - oh so pretty with its grassy green carpet and even on the hubcaps - now that fella was thinking "different"- very cool. I love that your photos are so bright and colourful and I like the inventive mind of the gardens beside the house boats. Very clever. Very interesting post, but I do love the car :) Neat capture!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLove that they take a bit of the land to the water with them. And looks like that last guy is taking it...the green of the land...on the road! :)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenEven the hub caps on the car are green! Ever since reading "The Secret Life of the Seine" by Mort Rosenblum I've had a fantasy of living on a houseboat.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenDearest Marianne,
BeantwoordenVerwijderenHaha,indeed that car is the greenest of all but it is not actual grass I guess.
Putting potting plants around ones home is a very clever way of creating a garden and is done in many cities where there is pavement all around the buildings, like in medieval inner cities in Southern Europe e.g. It does add enough life to any street, home or even to a boat on the water. The climate in The Netherlands allows for easy survival as plants pick up sufficient nitrogen from the rain.
Hugs to you,
Mariette
That green car made me laugh. People are very creative in getting some green around their homes especially the boat.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSeeing so many of your photos of the innercity of Amsterdam I never gave it any thought about the lack of gardens. The boat owner gets my vote for the most creative.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenThese people have worked very hard to have some very attractive green around them. I'm surprised to find out that this is a house boat.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI'm amazed at how clever people are with their gardens. I especially like the swans looking at the floating garden. All those pots of plants and the rope to grow a plant on were so interesting.
BeantwoordenVerwijderenI adore some of the inventive gardens here Marianne, my favourite being the floating gardens, how fantastic is that!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenSome great greenery!!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLove al the flower pots and the floating garden and the car is quite funny
BeantwoordenVerwijderenhahaha. what a nice series. the floating greens are so cool!
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWhat a unique find!:)
BeantwoordenVerwijderenLeave it up to the Dutch to use every centimetre of space for a garden !
BeantwoordenVerwijderenWat een leuke auto.