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Asheville flower bomb? Bravo!
We say “bombs away” to the creative and artistic individual (or individuals) who, as of late September, had left behind three different so-called flower bombs around Asheville.
The latest was reported Sept. 18. when an unexpected and huge flower display was left on the floor of the abandoned building at 39 Banks Ave. in downtown Asheville’s South Slope area.
What’s more, a poem was left behind claiming that it was “the bird of summer flowers” that brought the marigolds in the night. The flowers, however, appeared to have had the human touch, as they were arranged into the shape of a giant keyhole. Also, dahlias were placed in each apothecary jar.
“She disappeared just as quickly as she had arrived,” the poem — tied with a fishing line to the building and swaying in the wind — said of the anonymous creator.
Elusive, fleeting and mysterious, two previous displays have appeared in Asheville’s streets in the past. Nationally, the works of flower bomb artists have been left in public places, but those artists have made themselves known.
All three of the known Asheville flower bombs occurred in September. Two years ago, a tree on the corner of Wall Street had marigolds strung from its branches and a flower mandala created around its base with a hand-written note stuck to its trunk. Last year, a tree on College Street was given similar treatment.
What an intriguing and beautiful thing: a flower bomb with an anonymous poem. Our curiosity is piqued.
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