Cacticity

This is the winning garden from the 2nd International Gardening Contest in Bilbao, Spain. When I read on the map that it was called Cacticity I assumed that the title was a Spanish word like elasticity or plasticity; not that it referred to a little prickly streetscape. So as soon as I saw it, I had one of those "a ha" moments. Designed by Anouk Vogel from Holland, Cacticity consists of 828 single-stemmed cacti of varying heights arranged in an offset grid. Or as the designer described it: "A vegetal city; simple and complex; orthogonal and amorphous; sharp and smooth; light and darkness."
I like the idea of clever conceptual gardens sprouting in public spaces. I don't imagine there's much risk that this one will be attacked by vandals either. I'd like to see them try! (Click on the image to see it enlarged.)