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The Hungry Tree
Nature devours culture
An 80-year-old London plane tree has buried a cast-iron bench underneath it by slowly incorporating it into its trunk. The bark spreads and encloses the structure, as if the tree is devouring the bench piece by piece. A rare sight that blurs the boundaries between nature and man-made objects.
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