Speaking of “urban tumbleweeds,” a.k.a. plastic bags and other trash blown through the city, I began to notice back in early spring just how many street trees have some kind of trash caught in them. It’s probably not so apparent now that the trees have grown their full summer coat of foliage, but back then the number was astonishing. Nearly every tree I passed had some kind of plastic bag, ragged rag, bit of orange construction mesh, or other scrap adorning its bare branches, as if this were some kind of fashion trend for trees.
Posts Tagged ‘tumbleweed’
New York trees wear urban tumbleweeds
Posted in Brooklyn plants, Plants elsewhere in NYC, tagged Brooklyn, cities, New York, trash, tree, tumbleweed on 25 June 2009| 1 Comment »
Urban Tumbleweeds in Redwood City, NYC, Nevada
Posted in Plants elsewhere in NYC, Projects from others, tagged California, installation, park, plastic bag, redwood city, sculpture, train station, tumbleweed, weeds, wild west on 22 June 2009| 8 Comments »
Today’s photo comes courtesy of reader and sister Phoebe, who writes from California: “In a town covered in pavement, aka Redwood City, the origins of this 4 foot wide tumbleweed is a mystery.” (more…)