Step 20: CA, Hopland. Grow Through Cars at Solar Living Center

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 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA 2015-04-11

Grow Through Cars, Solar Living Center, Hopland, CA

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