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Message: <blockquote data-quote="yaka007" data-source="post: 15274636" data-attributes="member: 277176">Upside Down Trees at Glacier Gardens in AlaskaWalk into the 50-acre <a href="http://www.glaciergardens.com/" target="_blank">Glacier Gardens</a>  in Alaska and you’ll behold a strange sight. Dozens of hemlock and  spruce trees with their tops driven into the ground, and roots hanging  in the air. Unlike the <a href="http://www.amusingplanet.com/2010/12/baobab-upside-down-tree.html" target="_blank">Baobab</a>,  the upside-down trees at Glacier Gardens are not natural but the result  of landscaping by Steve and Cindy Bowhay, the owners of Glacier Garden.  The  upside-down trees known as “Flower Towers” are local Sitka spruce and  Western hemlock, felled by a landslide in 1984 that uprooted most of the  mountain's vegetation. Steve collected the felled trees, flipped them  over, replanted, and turned them into natural flower pots. The tops are  buried several feet in the ground, while the roots become a nest for  arrangements of brightly colored begonias, fuchsias, and petunias.   <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7wGQ3SP3AD8/UMd7S2L6OmI/AAAAAAAAhiM/muSqvCubKa0/glacier-gardens-3%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenxen/6160435183/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  The  1984 landslide that swept the trees also demolished much of the face of  Thunder Mountain. A decade later, the Bowhays purchased six acres of  land and began reclamation. Steve designed a hydro-electricity plant to  power greenhouses and settling ponds were created to slow erosion. It  was during the landscaping that the vision of a rainforest with  waterfalls and panoramic views of Juneau began to emerge. They ended up  acquiring an additional 44.5 acres and enlarged their landscaping plan  to a public garden.  During the rehabilitation process, Steve  accidentally damaged a landscaping machine. In a fit of frustration, he  used the machine to pick up a large fallen tree stump and slam it upside  down into the soft mud. It only took moments before he had a vision of  how to recycle the trees cleared from the development of the property.   Today,  the park is scattered with just about a hundred upside-down trees, all  of which are lined with netting, moss, and topped with nearly 75-100  annual flower plants.   <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-gv124s46Avo/UMd7XadHD1I/AAAAAAAAhiU/yT9u6PjVcGE/glacier-gardens-2%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/oklanica/7594114422/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-c9F_T52vknk/UMd7b7dR4OI/AAAAAAAAhic/g6WuNl3v6CE/glacier-gardens-4%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcamolinos/5991702830/lightbox/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aBGJtjz8aeU/UMd7gWUK4zI/AAAAAAAAhik/CzriwxX6ECw/glacier-gardens-5%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/target_man_2000/5530522592/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PA7DvxvL0Lk/UMd7kBf0J_I/AAAAAAAAhis/DmHQQui0wNA/glacier-gardens-6%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/target_man_2000/5529937233/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-4Bt1vQ9-sek/UMd7o891yII/AAAAAAAAhi0/uLPlEdJ41jU/glacier-gardens-7%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/11467068@N08/4076017647/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-orgnD00ko30/UMd7tDjvcQI/AAAAAAAAhi8/dEWgHvP_O14/glacier-gardens-8%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlcutler/3605047702/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-8G1gdCpeb6E/UMd7x_5OxFI/AAAAAAAAhjE/UadV8ryj-cc/glacier-gardens-9%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/wlcutler/3605030642/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a>  <img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PP8_u_3lS1M/UMd72ZxyowI/AAAAAAAAhjM/_xsLoUoMn6s/glacier-gardens-11%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />  <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sroesner/555717309/" target="_blank">Photo credit</a></blockquote>

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