Mr. and Mrs. compost

"Bibio’s music sounds timeless, and his past two releases, "Vignetting the Compost" and "Ovals and Emeralds", are full of beautifully produced folk-tinged electronic songs. Using found sounds and vintage instruments, the native of central England crafts folk revisions of Boards of Canada-like psychedelia, each song like a postcard from other worlds".

via EvilMonto

http://evilmonito.com/2009/05/21/qa-bibio-stephen-wilkinson/

Forest Restauration

IIkka Halso

From the series RESTAURATION
Untitled, 2001

Via:
http://ilkka.halso.net/

get closer bench

via directdaily:
http://directdaily.blogspot.com/2007/12/becherovka-get-closer-bench.html

trentemøller forest

the lonely tree

L'Arbre du Ténéré, known in English as the Tree of Ténéré, was a solitary acacia,that was once considered the most isolated tree on Earth — the only one within more than 200 kilometres.
It was the last surviving tree of a group of trees that grew when the desert was less parched than it is today. The tree had stood alone for decades. During the winter of 1938–1939 a well was dug near the tree and it was found that the roots of the tree reached the water table 33–36 meters below the surface.

The tree was allegedly knocked down by a drunk Libyan truck driver in 1973. On November 8, 1973 the dead tree was relocated to the Niger National Museum in the capital Niamey.[1] It has been replaced by a simple metal sculpture representing a tree.

via Wilkipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arbre-du-tenere-1961.jpg

Hedge Graffiti

Katya Sander
Safety Graffiti on Hedges 2004

http://katyasander.net

SANSULA Dominik Eulberg musicvideo from dirk rauscher on Vimeo.

graphic birdhouse

"á table"

Maxime Delporte is a graphic designer working in Brussel

http://www.maximedelporte.com/project/a-table/

junk cabin

Amphis 2008
Folke Köbberling und Martin Kaltwasser
Wysing Arts Centre /Cambridge, England

"Over the past month Folke Köbberling and Martin Kaltwasser have been building a giant amphitheatre out of junk. With the aid of volunteers and intrigued onlookers, the German duo have almost finished and the result is worth a visit. As a study in patchwork construction, it is a magical space of chambers fabricated by borrowers, and has a glory unmatched by any corporate office block. It helps that Kaltwasser is an architect, so the building is structurally sound and user-friendly. The two have been collaborating since 1998, creating amorphous forms out of trash that retain a childlike simplicity in spite of rigorous engineering. "
Jessica Lack/ The Guardian 23.9.2008

via http://www.folkekoebberling.de/

by Vinchen
http://www.vinchen.com/gallery.html

Green

Keim, Znojmo, Czech Republic, 2008

Via Ekosystem:
http://www.ekosystem.org/photo/922290

The Crack Garden

The Crack Garden,San Francisco

CAGMG Landscape Architecture

Inspired by the tenacious plants that pioneer the tiny cracks of urban landscapes, a backyard is transformed through hostile takeover of an existing concrete slab by imposing a series of "cracks". The rows of this garden contain a lushly planted mix of herbs, vegetables, flowers, and rogue weeds retained for their aesthetic value.

via ASLA

http://www.asla.org/2009awards/330.html

Scrap Metal Spider

scrap Metal Spider by The Adventures of Kristin & Adam

via Flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kristin-and-adam/196491884/

George Arbuckle House

George Arbuckle, was a plumber by trade. And in 1919 he bought a house in South Jersey. He rebuilt the 1883 frame house and covered it with concrete blocks, initialing and dating each section when completed. Arbuckle made several concrete statues and fountains, situated alle over the garden to his house, along with the 30-foot statue of Liberty.
via Weird NJ

http://www.weirdnj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=192&Itemid=28

earth drawings

24 large scale drawings you can see from google earth by Vic Muniz

Kevin Bauman
photographs from the serial "100 abandoned houses".

Via:
http://www.kevinbauman.com/portfolios.html

cinder block bird house

"The goal of this project was to design a birdhouse using the element of surprise. A cinder block hanging from a tree is definitely a surprising sight. The bird houses could also be stacked on the ground to created a bird apartment building!"
Mathew Zurlinden

via design:related
http://www.designrelated.com/portfolio/MathewZurlinden/entry/28376

scary stump of a tree

cover photo from the flyer to the exhibition "The Stupides thing Alive". An exhibition by Jack Strange at Moot Gallery.
via Moot Gallery
www.mootgallery.org/Jack-Flyer.jpg

The Tree Listening Project

The Tree Listening Project by London based artist Alex Metcalf aims to provide an experience that links both science and art by engaging the public with what happens inside a tree, and to excite and inspire a keen interest in trees.
The installation allows you to listen to the water moving up inside the tree through the Xylem tubes from the roots to the leaves.

http://www.alexmetcalf.co.uk/Tree_Listening.html

Article from the local newspaper Herning Folkeblad in connection with the town Council of Herning's approvel of the project Naturrum Skovsnogen. It also mentions that the financiel foundation of 1,7 million danish krone has been raised thanks to several funds. The article forget to mention that Naturrum Skovsnogen is a collaboration between René Schmidt, Kristina Taaning and Søren Taaning.

forest skateboard

Sebastian Denz,
SCENE 16, Ferit Batir (Downhill)
Lightjet C-Print96 x 48 inches and 71 x 35 inchesRinteln 2007

via Sara Tecchia Roma New York
http://www.saratecchia.com/artists/sebastian_denz/8.php

moving forest

moving forest from michael schoner on Vimeo.

tarantula

Tom Friedman
life-size tarantula modeled from human hair
via artfacts
http://www.artfacts.net/en/exhibition/tom-friedman-15521/overview.html

First pictures of Skovsnogen

First pictures of Monstrum's skovsnog/forest grass snake

This is the work of Brad Moore. The photographs were shot in modest, well-worn, suburban cities in central and inland Southerne California.Brad More grew up in this area and have returned after 25 years to make photograps which reflect change, irony and evolution
http://www.bradmoore.com/

Black Widow

BLACK WIDOW 1 BY CHRISTOPHER CONTE

http://www.microbotic.org/blackwidow.htm

Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity

Laura Zindel ceramic is currently inspired by the Victorian Cabinets of Curiosity. http://www.zindelceramics.com/

wooden structure covered with original tree bark

Bench from the Belgian designers Draw Me a Sheep
Nature V2.01 project_chair(2006)

Wooden structure covered with original tree bark

Inspired from world’s debates on GMO products and eco-crisis on earth, ‘Nature v2.01’ explores today’s
struggling human relationship with nature and our desire for authenticity.

http://drawmeasheep.com/

Ruins of Detroit/Livingstone House

Old photo of Livingstone House. Built in 1893 for businessman William Livingstone (Livingstone Lighthouse), the French Renaissance home was one of the first projects by Albert Kahn, for the firm of Mason and Rice

Via Flickr

William Livingstone House

Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre, makes fascinating photography of the ruins of Detroit.
Since the 50´s Detroit's population has gone from 2 million people to less than half of that amount.
http://www.marchandmeffre.com/detroit/index12.html

Livingstone House on you.tube

Steampunk Tree House

January 2008 :: "Xeni visits the Steampunk Tree House, a 30-foot-tall interactive sculpture created by a group of artists in Oakland, CA, and assembled for the first time at Burning Man. More than 60 people helped to create it, and in today's episode, you'll hear from project participants Alan Rorie, Nathaniel Taylor, and David Shulman."



Via: http://www.steamtreehouse.com/

Nature's Calling

Either they stuck tree branches onto a cellphone tower, or they stuck cellphone transmitters onto a tree.

via CuttingMonkey/flickr

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cuttingmonkey/2712672412/

Lightwriting forest

Forest from LICHTFAKTOR This lightwriting video by LICHTFAKTOR, is the first one done in the nature. They did it in the forests of the High Fens in Belgium

GrowShelter

Studio XLXS
Brooklyn design collaborative between Taka Sarui and Julia Molloy, XLXS, proposes sustainable urban design through experimental architecture.

GrowShelter, winner of the Schuylkill Environmental Education Center Sustainable Design/Build Competition
http://birdseedshelter.blogspot.com/

TeaParty

Bas Jan Ader
Untitled (Tea Party) (detail), 1972, one of six color photographs, 5 x 8"; Collection of Bas Jan Ader Estate, Courtesy of PatrickPainter Inc.
http://sweeney.ucr.edu/exhibitions/ader/index.html