I’m in Melbourne for a few days and yesterday as I walked past the little City Square part of town, I noticed some brightly coloured trees. I was on my way to meet a friend though, so couldn’t stop to check them out. This morning, I went back to have a look at these amazing beauties that are brightening up the CBD – a yarn bombing initiative to draw attention to Melbourne’s urban forest plans, as far as I can work out. Whatever about the plans to preserve the city’s trees over the next 20 years (see, I did actually have a look at the website that was advertised on the trees, so their clever plan is working), these colourful tree cardigans and quilts have won me.
And it does get quite cold here in the winter, so I hope that they leave them on for a while – am sure the trees will feel quite naked without them. Good job, city of Melbourne – your razzle dazzle urban forest attention-grabber is fabulous!
everydaysparks 
I love it, very quirky, take note Sydney….
Uh huh, thought the same thing myself! 🙂
Gotta’ love a good yarn bomb… Hey Sparks! Long time, no speak. How come Melbourne always seems just that wee bit hipper than Sydney…?
Hey hey, welcome back to the virtual world, TSL! Hope you had a great break. I hear ya re Melbourne, such a great town. 🙂
Warwick in Queensland has had a Jumpers and Jazz Festival for years – good to see Melbourne taking the initiative from a town in Queensland – 2012 photos on facebook:- http://www.facebook.com/JumpersandJazzinJuly#!/media/set/?set=a.10150987488458730.409245.190321713729&type=3
Aha, thank you anonymous Qld correspondent! 😉 It’s such a great idea and so nice that so much effort has been made to brighten up the place. Looks fantastic!
Yarn tastic! Such fun, next time do TSL and I get an invite to Melbourne ! 🙂
Of course, consider it an open invitation – love this town, BCD!
Thanks for doing a blog post on our wonderful installation. We’re so glad you like it. It will come down on February 17th, so get in quick for another look.
Hey, thanks for stopping by – I LOVE your work in City Square and beyond, congratulations on an amazing job! Sad that it’s ending soon, but hopefully you can yarn bomb another part of the city to spread the fun around town. And in the meantime, love the sound of your stitch ‘n’ bitch classes. Awesome stuff!
Wonderful isn’t it!? I’ve been so enjoying walking through the yarn forest on my way to the tram stop.
A great way to start and end the day, for sure. Thanks for stopping by, Tony – enjoy your forest for another week or so! 🙂