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Bruncvik · 25-05-2012, 14:35

This may be a long shot, as I didn't find anything on Google or here, but anyone knows the story behind the knitted leaves on trees in Phoenix Park? I found one such tree towards the west end of the park:

I'd appreciate any info I could get.

**spurious** · 25-05-2012, 16:25

How interesting. I did a bit of a google and like you didn't find anything specific about the Phoenix Park, but I found photos of examples in other parts of the world.

Maybe it's a movement to 'green' a few trees in the winter months. I must say if I had come across them they would have made me smile, so they can't be bad.

Alias G · 25-05-2012, 18:05

Fairy tree??

bladebrew · 25-05-2012, 21:18

This is something known as guerilla knitting or yarnbombing, its basically knitting things then leaving them in public as far as i can tell, i read an article about it before, seems bonkers but i like it

http://knitthecity.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing

edit: spurious basically answered the question, it is a street art

fonzy157 · 28-05-2012, 19:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bruncvik

This may be a long shot, as I didn't find anything on Google or here, but anyone knows the story behind the knitted leaves on trees in Phoenix Park? I found one such tree towards the west end of the park:

I'd appreciate any info I could get.

Pretty cool!
Where in Phoenix park did you find it?

Bruncvik · 29-05-2012, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by bladebrew

This is something known as guerilla knitting or yarnbombing, its basically knitting things then leaving them in public as far as i can tell, i read an article about it before, seems bonkers but i like it

Many thanks! I like it as well, just wanted to know more about it. I'll try to find more

fonzy157: On the extreme west end of the big lawn, close to the Duck Pond. A lonely tree in the grass.

fonzy157 · 29-05-2012, 11:56

Thanks- plan to go and check it out!

Cookie_Monster · 29-05-2012, 12:00

Reminds me of the "christmas" tree on the Sally Gap road just up from the Glenmacnas Waterfall, a random conifer that got covered in decorations and tinsel for years.

**OldGoat** · 30-05-2012, 12:22

I went to take some photos of the tree last night and failed to find it.

Is it still there and I went to the wrong place or have the knitted leaves been taken down?
I thought it was along the Upper Glen road. Was it visible from the road?

Bruncvik · 31-05-2012, 15:55

Sorry; the Duck Pond remark may have been a little misleading. I checked my pictures from that day, and it was the first shot I took after the pond, so I thought it was closer than it really was. Here's the rough area where I found it - a standalone tree, slightly off the forested areas:

25-05-2012, 14:35	#1
Bruncvik Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Dublin Posts: 28 Adverts \| Friends	Knitted leaves in Phoenix Park This may be a long shot, as I didn't find anything on Google or here, but anyone knows the story behind the knitted leaves on trees in Phoenix Park? I found one such tree towards the west end of the park: I'd appreciate any info I could get.

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bladebrew Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: cork Posts: 1,236 Adverts \| Friends	This is something known as guerilla knitting or yarnbombing, its basically knitting things then leaving them in public as far as i can tell, i read an article about it before, seems bonkers but i like it http://knitthecity.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn_bombing edit: spurious basically answered the question, it is a street art Last edited by bladebrew; 25-05-2012 at 21:21. Reason: skim reading fail

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25-05-2012, 16:25	#2
spurious I am spurious beige Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 10,831 Adverts \| Friends CMod: FETAC/PLC, Teaching & Lecturing, Edu, Edu Mods	How interesting. I did a bit of a google and like you didn't find anything specific about the Phoenix Park, but I found photos of examples in other parts of the world. Maybe it's a movement to 'green' a few trees in the winter months. I must say if I had come across them they would have made me smile, so they can't be bad.

25-05-2012, 18:05	#3
Alias G Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 171 Adverts \| Friends	Fairy tree??

29-05-2012, 11:56	#7
fonzy157 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 91 Adverts \| Friends	Thanks- plan to go and check it out!

29-05-2012, 12:00	#8
Cookie_Monster Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: NP, NI, NZ Posts: 17,266 Adverts \| Friends	Reminds me of the "christmas" tree on the Sally Gap road just up from the Glenmacnas Waterfall, a random conifer that got covered in decorations and tinsel for years.

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OldGoat Registered Goat Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: ...Oh my god, I'm full of stars! Posts: 9,138 Adverts \| Friends CMod: Burlesque & Cabaret, Oulwans 'n' Oulfellas, Music Mods, Music	I went to take some photos of the tree last night and failed to find it. Is it still there and I went to the wrong place or have the knitted leaves been taken down? I thought it was along the Upper Glen road. Was it visible from the road?

31-05-2012, 15:55	#10
Bruncvik Registered User Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Dublin Posts: 28 Adverts \| Friends	Sorry; the Duck Pond remark may have been a little misleading. I checked my pictures from that day, and it was the first shot I took after the pond, so I thought it was closer than it really was. Here's the rough area where I found it - a standalone tree, slightly off the forested areas: