Ever seen an old bicycle, repurposed as a planter, in a quaint grandmother’s garden, with pots of trailing vines attached to every available spot? These little grasses and weeds seem to aspire to the same romantic arrangement. Props to eagle-eyed Ms. Hustrulid, who just spotted this amazing interaction between sidewalk flora and sidewalk paint in San Francisco. For more of her photos, please visit her Instagram feed: @glovecompartment.
Posts Tagged ‘bike’
San Francisco: moss grows on a rolling bike
Posted in California plants, Plants worldwide, tagged bicycle, bike, city, funny, San Francisco, sidewalk, street, street art, weeds on 2 December 2013| 2 Comments »
Amsterdam: Ivy devouring abandoned bike
Posted in From our readers, Plants worldwide, tagged amsterdam, bicycle, bike, city, ivy on 19 January 2012| 6 Comments »
The photographer of today’s startling urban plant picture, titled Nature wins, is Cécile Obertop. Not surprisingly, she lives in Amsterdam, one of the most bike-centric cities in Europe. While I think it’s great that much of the population commutes by bike instead of driving, which you’d think could only mean good things for the environment and contribute to a clean, green city, talking to Cécile about this picture made me realize that the bike situation is not always a bed of roses.