When the Growing Gets Tough
August 19, 2010 – 10:10 amThe tough get growing.
Directly opposite the Sydney Opera House is a huge (30-40 feet high) retaining wall holding back a cliff at the edge of the Sydney Royal Botanic Gardens. And over the years, plants have established themselves on the wall. Some are simple to imagine how the plants may have appeared – maybe a bird, insect or the wind dropped seeds into the cracks and crevices.
Some plants have not only sprouted, but have scrambled up the face of the wall and securely planted themselves into its rough surface.
Some might be new sprouts from the deep, exposed tree roots from the botanic garden.
But look at the trunk at the base of this foliage – what is going on here?
And obviously these visitors aren’t gardeners.
One Response to “When the Growing Gets Tough”
Dylan Thomas had it rigth: The force that through the green fuse drives the flower….
And what force indeed!
By Mary Soderstrom on Aug 21, 2010