'Oz' comes to Holland, complete with a yellow brick road!

HOLLAND, Mich. (via WOOD TV) — Visitors can now follow the yellow brick road in Holland.

City workers installed a living version of "The Wizard of Oz" book at Centennial Park Wednesday.

Experts used thousands of plants to create the 10 foot-by-12 foot tribute to L. Frank Baum's classic. They used different varieties of plants to fashion a yellow brick road leading to the Emerald City displayed in the open book sculpture.

Hope College Horticulturalist Allison Jesky came up with the living book idea based on living sculptures she saw during a visit to Canada a couple years ago.

"It's better than I imagined. I have no complaints whatsoever. And especially once the landscape is in, it will, everything ties together, it's going to be something very spectacular," Jesky said.

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