City Dweller Turned Gardener Gifts

"Since he was laid off in the city he's front traded our allotment vegetables,set up a derivatives market in school luncheon vouchers and bankrupted the piggy bank."

Maybe I should have measured my garden before going shopping....

"The woman on the fire escape who acted like it was a balcony"

"I'm rooting for the carrots."

"Did I show you my new climbing hydrangea plants, Mr. Fessler?... Mr. Fessler?"

Gerald was convinced his plants could understand...and dig what he was saying!

"Oh, no - not another farmer's market!"

"Would you look at that! New rooftop gardens, new community gardens: maybe the human race is not doomed after all..."

"Hey! Plants are on sale again! Woo-hoo!"

Dog on balconey in city sniffing tree in pot

Gardener with window box and giant slug.

The shadow of a tree is a man about to chop it down.

Showing gardening tools to a tower block.

Urban cops protecting a flower growing in the city.

Ecological Therapy

Gardening new year's plans

You will always find a spot to garden

'See I told you the garden was big enough for a table and chairs.'

urban agriculture

'I don't think we can justify employing a gardener.'

"Here's the new smart plant...it tells you when you're overwatering it."

Paving over the window-box

Leaves falling from a roof garden.

"We’re trying to inject a little pastoralism into our lives."

Flowers in the city

'A couple of trees, a few shrubs...it started just like any other atrium.'

Painting nature.

'And this is the secret of how our company gets through hard times: we grow all our own food!'

"Here's my plan. We grow our roots for 30 years until they crack the cement, which dismantles the fence. Then we just push it ove and make a break for it. You in?"

'Look dear - the first skip of spring...'

'The old man's really serious about his rooftop gardening.'

Desk of an urban farm manager

Commuter doing some gardening on the train

This plant is a lousy malingerer!

'I can't get John to do a thing to the garden!'