I have been using found plastic molded objects to hold plants as they will not deteriorate quickly and once the guts of the object is removed, they are extremely light weight. To select sites for these mini gardens I have picked places with little to no vegetation. The object used in the space is then chosen in accordance to the programs in the area. For instance the “Pok Planter Printer” is beside a printing store on Little Latrobe
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I wanted to find a site that was associated with having breakfast, so I decided to instal the toaster on the corner of Flinders Lane and Degraves Lane.
Unfortunately the toaster only lasted a couple of days, before being removed. I wanted people to be able to see all sides of the work, so I hung it above the street. In hinds sight it would have stuck around longer if it was up against a wall, and not blowing around in the wind. Perhaps the cactus selection made people nervous.
I made this shoe planter with the intentions of throwing them over a power line. My friend who was helping me instal these suggested that the plants would fall out when thrown. Instead we hung them in a tree on Bourke st outside a shoe shop. When I came back to take some photo's there was a protester up in the tree. I thought this was strange to find, but was pleased that he would have had to acknowledge them and see them from a different view as he went up. 
