The Pothole Gardener specialises in tiny smile-inducing gardens built in unexpected places. During Chelsea Fringe you can join a walk to discover the hidden green in East London, create your own pothole gardens and visually document the journey. The walk takes place on Sunday June 10.
For more information visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: The Pothole Gardener
Hosted by the Geffrye Museum in East London, this growing mobile has twenty scented plants dangling at different heights and encourages visitors to touch and smell.
For more information on the mobile and guided tours around the museum's herb garden visit geffrye-museum.org.uk Photograph: Geffrye Museum
Also known as 'The Poppy Estate', Clapton Park housing estate stands out for its borders filled with wildflowers and residents' vegetable gardens housed in former rose beds. Tours run till June 2 or you can download a map for a self-guided tour.
To find out more visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: John Little/Clapton Estate Garden
This community project is part of the London 2012 Transform Programme aimed at supporting communities in the Olympic host boroughs. The garden is in its early stages and residents and volunteers are building raised beds for vegetables and a greenhoue made from used plastic bottles. Various gardening projects also run throughout the year.
To find out more visit their Facebook page Photograph: Tanjina Narin/Fern Street community garden
This piece of land is on the A4 – the main western route into London with tens of thousands of cars crawling past it in rush hour. The roundabout is now home to a cosmopolitan meadow planted with native and non-native annual flowers.
The land is managed by Transport for London who gave permission to sow the seeds and plant bulbs, and the work was sponsored by the Old Chiswick Prrotection Society. The seed mix has been tailored towards early flowering plants so it’s in full bloom for the Fringe.
For more information visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: Hogarth roundabout meadow
This is the latest in a series of art/science projects created by artists Lisa Lee Benjamin and Moose Curtis, which are designed to incorporate insect habitats into the urban landscape. The focus here is the butterfly genus Vanessa – the Red Admiral and Painted Lady in particular. Lisa awards small 'seals of approval' to plants that are often dismissed as weeds, but are attractive to these insects. Around where these plants grow, Moose etches murals of insect life onto grimy walls by jet-washing with rainwater.
Visit welovevanessa.com for more information and a map of where you can find their work Photograph: Lisa Lee Benjamin/Moose Curtis
Trainee wildlife gardeners at the Centre for Wildlife Gardening in Peckham have designed and planted a salad bowl garden overflowing with edible wildflowers and plants. The garden is open 10:30 - 16:30 Tuesday - Thursday. To find out more visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: Incredible Edible Flowerable project
A project to transform front gardens in two areas of London into 'rivers' of nectar-rich blooms for our threatened bee and butterfly pollinators. The trails of street meadows are linked to nearby wildflower sanctuaries in parks and community gardens. You’ll find the street meadows at Lower Ham Road, Kingston and Grenville Road, Islington during the Fringe.
To find out more about River of Flowers and to download a self-guided walk visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: River of Flowers
600 slices of tree trunk float upon the calm surface of the Grand Union Canal, creating a dramatic visual display. The grid is one of the festival's largest installations and is designed by Montreal’s NIPpaysage.
To find out more visit chelseafringe.com Photograph: The Floating Forest
