Hasta La Gadget!

Love can make people do crazy things. It can also inspire, encourage, and push people to go out of their way to come up with something they can dedicate to the person they love.

It was love that pushed Argentinian Pedro Ureta to plant a guitar-shaped forest. His wife Graciela was a huge nature buff and often talked about working on a similar project before she passed away at the age of just 25.

So Pedro took it upon himself to work on the guitar forest that his wife didn’t have a chance to grow. It’s been a couple of years since Pedro embarked on his grand labor of love, and the results of his hard work are finally coming to fruition.

Pedro planted blue eucalyptus trees for the neck of the guitar, while cypress trees outline the body, the bridge, and the sound hole. All told, he planted about 7000 trees. Pretty awesome, don’t you think?

[Ecorazzi via Softpedia]

Have you ever wondered what LEGO trees would look like if they actually grew in to the size of real trees? What would plastic trees look like in our world? Well, wonder no more. Plastic plant life has now emerged in a desert near the mining town of Broken Hill, Australia.

And it looks pretty darn cool. This isn’t the work of one overzealous LEGO fan. It is the work of LEGO’s marketing division for Australia and New Zealand, who planted 15 life-sized LEGO trees and flower beds in the middle of the Outback.

You can see this spectacle until July 12, and as Caroline Squire, Director of Marketing, LEGO Australia and New Zealand said, “The contrast of the larger-than-life green trees against the vast red Aussie land is an unforgettable sight!” I would have to agree. You can check out more pictures of the installation here.

[via Neatorama]