The Nomadic Community Gardens are located in the hip, trendy and recently gentrified East London. There's a lot of graffiti and pop-up artwork on the streets of East London, especially around Shoreditch; it's a vibrant, creative and ever-changing region of London that I really enjoy exploring.

On one of those recent explorations, I stumbled upon a community that is unique, special and creative. I wanted to share my adventure and discoveries with you. Located close to the heart of London's business district, this community sits juxtaposed to the rigid, cold and uncaring tall, glass buildings.

Love and potatoes

The entrance to the Nomadic Community Gardens provides some more information explaining what the community is about: providing a safe, peaceful and fun space for everyone to enjoy - along with growing food in the hope of being more self-reliant.

The art of recycling

Within the community gardens, there is a lot of graffiti and artwork/sculptures made from recycled materials: old tyres, wood, metal and other objects. Here are my favorite pieces of art.

Used tyres

This crocodile was one of my favorite sculptures - it's so life like and must have take a lot of time and effort to create.

Metal

An epic, metal beast stands guard over the community gardens.

Wood

This person riding a bull looks to be having a lot of fun

Graffiti

Graffiti is everywhere - it adorns most of the walls. It's such a vibrant and fascinating place.

The 'feature wall'

Relax and have a drink

Community

Throughout this creative and sprawling community, many people were taking the time to relax and enjoy themselves.

Gardening

Living off of the land and self-reliance seems to be a big part of this community - a lot of the space is taken up by different types of edible plants.

Leaving the Nomadic Community Gardens, from the railway bridge you can see how this oddball, ramshackle community, nestled beside a train track stands in contrast and defiance to the cold glass and uniform glass buildings of the nearby City.

I hope that you enjoyed this tour of what I think is a very interesting and special place.