Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Garden Canoe

I posted a pic of one of the Homegrown National Parks last year (HERE) and since then I have spotted quite a few of them around the west end of the city. They began as a campaign to establish a green corridor along the route of one of our now-buried creeks but I think that it has broadened to create a larger corridor. This bottomless canoe has been nicely planted and is located at the corner of Davenport Rd & Bathurst St, a busy corner for traffic and highly visible.
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33 comments:

  1. EG CameraGirlJuly 15, 2015 at 9:13 AM

    Fabulous idea!

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  2. KarlJuly 15, 2015 at 9:45 AM

    Nice idea, looks good !

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  3. KateJuly 15, 2015 at 10:06 AM

    That long blue canoe is a perfect container for flowers and blooms.

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  4. John @ Beans and I on the LooseJuly 15, 2015 at 10:35 AM

    I would never have thought...

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  5. StephanieJuly 15, 2015 at 10:36 AM

    Good idea on recycling an old canoe.

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  6. 21 WitsJuly 15, 2015 at 10:39 AM

    Now this is absolutely brilliant! Great idea.

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  7. SharonJuly 15, 2015 at 10:48 AM

    I love that blue canoe full of flowers.

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  8. VPJuly 15, 2015 at 11:34 AM

    Nice color, good idea!

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  9. William KendallJuly 15, 2015 at 11:52 AM

    A very different use for a canoe. I've seen the concept used before.

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  10. AnonymousJuly 15, 2015 at 12:21 PM

    Great use of an old canoe, we have a few similar things around here... using rowing boats!

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  11. HalcyonJuly 15, 2015 at 12:43 PM

    Love this!

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  12. cieldequimperJuly 15, 2015 at 1:07 PM

    Looks fab!

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  13. GosiaJuly 15, 2015 at 1:50 PM

    it is high time to swim..

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  14. AndyJuly 15, 2015 at 2:34 PM

    Seeing plants growing in a canoe is a first for me.

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  15. NonnieJuly 15, 2015 at 2:35 PM

    love it, especially its color!

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  16. MarleenJuly 15, 2015 at 2:49 PM

    I have never seen this before, a great idea!

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  17. RevrunnerJuly 15, 2015 at 3:19 PM

    Whoa! Never! Not to my canoe. :-)

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  18. TomJuly 15, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    I'd hate to portage it. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  19. TomJuly 15, 2015 at 3:57 PM

    I'd hate to portage it. Tom The Backroads Traveller

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  20. TexWisGirlJuly 15, 2015 at 4:00 PM

    pretty cute idea!

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  21. Susan DemeterJuly 15, 2015 at 4:51 PM

    Very cool! They have one at The Grange in Mississauga too :)

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  22. LesleyJuly 15, 2015 at 5:41 PM

    What a great idea. And a canoe is quite symbolic of the buried creek, I'm sure.

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  23. Gemma WisemanJuly 15, 2015 at 5:49 PM

    What a brilliant, creative idea. The intense blue highlights the plants beautifully.

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  24. Photo CacheJuly 15, 2015 at 6:36 PM

    This is a great idea.

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  25. Taken For GrantedJuly 15, 2015 at 6:40 PM

    That canoe seems to have found a second life as a planer. Perhaps someone had enough of the water.

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  26. hamiltonJuly 15, 2015 at 8:32 PM

    This has more style than a bathtub planter.

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  27. MichelleJuly 15, 2015 at 10:20 PM

    I like this a lot!

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  28. CloudiaJuly 16, 2015 at 12:29 AM

    What a nice idea to blossom!



    Aloha

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  29. JimJuly 16, 2015 at 12:30 AM

    This is great

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  30. s.cJuly 16, 2015 at 5:54 AM

    You see a lot of containers for plants as for instance the loo but a canoe is for me a first. Thanks for showing.

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  31. JackJuly 16, 2015 at 10:56 PM

    Very nice. It draws the eye with its strangeness, but then it holds the eye with its bright blue and the beauty of the plantings.

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  32. LindaJuly 17, 2015 at 12:11 AM

    Well, that's a planter I haven't seen before!

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  33. LindaJuly 19, 2015 at 1:42 PM

    Quintessentially Canadian municipal planting!
    This is the sort of canoe my daughter took campers on out-trips in last summer in Ontario.

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