Just north of Laurel Street, along a dirt section of the “Bike to the Sea” Northern Strand Community Trail in Saugus, Massachusetts, is a garden that’s always in bloom. Located behind 47 Mt. Vernon St. (I believe), I think of it as the “Plastic Garden,” a profusion of artificial flowers.

Photos copyright 2018 Greg Cook.


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Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)
Garden of plastic flowers along the Northern Strand Bike Trail, just north of Laurel Street in Saugus, Massachusetts. Oct. 10, 2018. (Greg Cook)