What the?
Yes, it really is a planted piano. There were also planters disguised as drums used as containers for a vine working its way up to a planted roof.
And a guitar neck holding back some potentially unruly grass.
All of this along a very busy street in North Portland.
There is even a small pond.
Stopping to take these pictures I finally got it! The plantings are next to Ethos Music Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of music and music-based education for youth in under served communities. Looks like they are also promoting fun gardening.
What the? 
Yes, it really is a planted piano. There were also planters disguised as drums used as containers for a vine working its way up to a planted roof. 
And a guitar neck holding back some potentially unruly grass. 
All of this along a very busy street in North Portland. 
There is even a small pond. 
Stopping to take these pictures I finally got it! The plantings are next to Ethos Music Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to the promotion of music and music-based education for youth in under served communities. Looks like they are also promoting fun gardening.
Love it!!
ReplyDeleteThere was a huge flower bloom piano at year's Canada Blooms - this is much more practical
very cool, your neighbourhood is so stylish!
I totally get it and so will our 15 year old that plays instruments and is in the marching band..
ReplyDeletewow my BF would like that :)
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Not that I'm ready to sacrifice my piano to the great outdoors and gardening. But fun to see those pictures.
ReplyDeleteThat's pretty cool!
ReplyDeleteGives new meaning to the term "theme garden".
ReplyDeleteFun! You have to wonder why anyone would give their baby grand to the effort, though...
ReplyDeleteI love all of them, but the piano is really cool. Portland is such a great city, we had fun looking at all the gardens when we visited last June.
ReplyDeleteBravo for this organization. Music and gardening should go hand in hand. Thanks for sharing these photos! There is no end to the creativity of people.
ReplyDeleteyou should tell portlandia about this place! ; )
ReplyDeletesatire aside, very cool discovery!
That looks fun alright! Love the piano, not sure about the pansies but there's something ethereal about the concept. And good on them for including a pond too :)I could do with some of those big boulders myself.
ReplyDeleteLove it...clever and fitting, love the re-purposing of objects. I thought the same thing as Mulch Maid...hopefully the piano had already suffered som irreparable damage :-)
ReplyDeleteseems like you like unusual thorny plants, check out this tropical palm :
ReplyDeletezombia antillarum
Sure you'll love it ! :)
Oh my gosh! Love it indeed, that trunk is beyond fabulous. Thank you!
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