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Urban planter

Interesting urban design pops up in Toronto. A really creative approach to guerrilla gardening. The planter is made from layers of old advertising flyers!

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Posted by: antonio on July 9, 2009 at 9:25 PM

poor plant

I dont think it will be able to cope with the glue.

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Posted by: Pelrun on July 9, 2009 at 9:29 PM

The glue should just be corn starch, so I doubt the plant will have a problem. It just needs to survive being postered over...

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Posted by: Matt on July 10, 2009 at 11:57 AM

This is just down the street from my office - all sides of the pole are covered, going up about 6 feet. Pretty impressive sight!

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