These puzzles, showing bunch of aluminum cans arranged like crunchy eagles or savory panda bears, are made up of pieces that have wildflower seeds inside. Toss them all in the ground when you’re done making the puzzle and they’ll spring up into pretty annuals. (We asked if they would make certain patterns if you planted the completed puzzle, but apparently not.)
Green Pieces are already heading to Barnes & Nobles and should be both there and any other retail outlets by Earth Day. They’ll sell for around $13.
That’s so dumb and wrong, it’s meta.
What’s dumb and wrong about it? I think it’s kind of neat.
There’s nothing wrong with puzzles or seeds, mind.
This strikes me as “Yay! The environments!” and all I see is paper, trucking, green consumerism (buy something! feel good about the earth!), and the heartache of a thousand moribund seed packets (not to mention that success of ground-sown seeds is regional).
I notice it’s a photomosaic puzzle. Would the seeds even be viable by the time you finished that brute?
I’m cynical. Having said that, savory panda bear sounds yummy.
I also worry about invasives…
“Now with Scotchbroom and Kudzu!”
“What’s dumb and wrong about it? I think it’s kind of neat.”
It is dumb and wrong to design a puzzle that encourages users to dispose of it before the end of its useful life, and then calling it “green”.
“I Need a Hug”
I also worry about invasives…
Me too! Can they make a version with fire ant and cane toad eggs embedded in them too?