Friday, August 8, 2008

That's Random: Taking Topiary to a Whole New Level

More Ways to Waste Time reader Harriet just sent over a batch of photos of the Olympic Gardens in Beijing. In a word: INSANE.

Take a look:

Thanks so much for sharing these, Harriet!

(P.S. For more homegrown examples of wacky topiary art, check out designer Hannah Berman's great photo series on the whimsical shrubs in her Albany, California neighborhood on her blog, Printer & Piemaker.)

10 comments:

kelly said...

I actually said "Holy crap!" out loud when I saw this.

WOW.

Anonymous said...

Wow...look what you can do with almost unlimited, almost free, labor! Those are amazing :o)

Leah said...

Myrnie_Twin -- yeah, there is that.

I'm not even going to touch the human-rights issues in China ...

Leah

Tracey said...

Wow- the dolphins and buildings were my favorites! I wonder if they will keep them going after the Olympics- can you imagine the labor involved?

Anonymous said...

Yowza - I'd better get crackin' in the backyard this weekend.

First, I didn't train for these Olympics at all and now this. Yeesh.

Ana said...

so crazy, yet so fun!

deerseason87 said...

I'm speechless...

Anairam said...

Oh my goodness! And I am still battling to prune my lavender bush into something resembling a round shape ...

Anonymous said...

Those are NUTS. Thank you for posting these! And I didn't know about the ones in Albany either...gonna have to check it out.

Anonymous said...

Absolutely amazing!!!

 

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