'Elegance is refusal', even on a plastic doorstep garden

It was in Harajuku, Tokyo that I came across my very first beautiful Plastic-filled Edge-garden.

So where does the beauty come from? Maybe that every element in this garden shows love and interaction - bikes to ride, fish to feed, cleanliness to create with bright mob-buckets, and water to be cherished.All the dust, fallen leaves, and grime that give a tired air to most doorsteps have been carefully removed. How can they bother doing this while the rest of us cannot? The answer is on display for us to learn from: the cleaning goods are all at hand, and attractive themselves.
I get the feeling that the act of cleaning is CHOSEN by the residents, not a duty they are trying to evade. This is a nice way to live.
There are lots more colors than I would use, but they all have a similar intensity, again, they are SELECTED. Crude primary colored or black pots exist, but this family didn't choose to buy them or use them, just because they were there (they are always there). 'Elegance is refusal' said Coco Chanel. Even on a doorstep full of jolly plastic cleaning goods.