A bronze statue in Vancouver's West End mysteriously holds a new, fresh bouquet of flowers each day.
Nicknamed the "Flower Lady," the sculpture in Devonian Harbour Park which sits on a bench peering inside her purse, has earned this title thanks to the mysteriously reappearing flowers in the statue's hair and hands.
The wholesome tradition has been going on for years and has left many Vancouverites wondering where the never-wilting blossoms come from.
One local who visits the statue before going to work in the area tells V.I.A. that the statue has had new flowers almost every time, yet has never seen anyone switch them out.
When they arrive to sit with the statue around 8:30 a.m. the new flowers are already there, they add. The flowers also never match those in the flower beds surrounding the statue.
The local has been observing this tradition for the past two months, coming in to work around five days per week.
Meanwhile, another Vancouverite was able to solve the mystery, uncovering who is responsible for the flowers.
While the tradition may have started with locals, it is now upheld by someone with more floral expertise.
"The gardener who looks after the planter and garden beds in the plaza area of Devonian Harbour Park also works in the Stanley Park Rose Garden. Often they’ll place prunings from the roses in the statue’s hands as a nice gesture for the public to enjoy," shares a Park Board spokesperson with V.I.A.
The bronze sculpture, named "Search," was made by J. Seward Johnson and installed in 1975.
