Desert Town Wakes Up to Find Giant Lego Garden Grown Overnight

PublishedJuly 5, 2012

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The citizens of the desert town of Broken Hill were surprised when they woke up to this surreal scene: giant Lego trees and flowers—66 times bigger than the actual pieces—had grown everywhere overnight.

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It was the work of Lego, which is setting up installations all around Australia to celebrate its 50 anniversary there. I hope they gave people minifig costumes too.

Next: life-size Lego minifigs of the Priscilla characters at Alice Springs. Make it so, Lego. [DesignBoom]