Someone Planted a Bicycle Garden in Queens!

I was driving along Vernon Blvd in Queens when I spotted something you don't usually see under the 59th Street Bridge...
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I was driving along Vernon Blvd in Queens when I spotted something you don't usually see under the 59th Street Bridge...

A bicycle garden!

Or, to be specific, a row of flowers made out of old bike parts:

Very inventive stuff - check out this sunflower...

The group responsible for this "Urban Garden" is the Recycle-A-Bicycle program, with help from a grant by the NY DOT. The Recycle-A-Bicycle program seems to have its hand in all sorts of New York programs, from salvaging old bikes to promoting bike use in the city.

A small collection of flowers...

Good use of bike sprockets...

Three more:

Very cool. Check out Recycleabicycle.org for more info!

More articles: www.scoutingny.com.

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