Highway 101
Hopland, CA

The Solar Living Center in Hopland on Highway 101 is home to the Grow-Through Cars, five ‘muscle’ cars which were parked next to the highway back in the 1970’s with trees planted inside them. Over time these trees have grown to a serious size and now they make a suitable counterpoint to the Drive Through Trees further up the coast. Known affectionately as the Memorial Car Grove, or alternatively as “Petro Pig Park,” this visionary artwork highlights a natural phenomenon: eventually nature takes back whatever humans, even with the most advanced technologies, can create.

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA