You cannot observe nature changing in real time, but don’t be fooled! Mother Nature is in action; she is slowly making moves to engulf any structure left vulnerable. Typically, we stay ahead of the game with countless hours of grass cutting, hedge trimming, and tree chopping every year, but sometimes we look away for just a bit too long. We find places once occupied by people now overrun with flora and fauna. Such is the beauty of nature, we use her to make our own spectacles, and she takes back what we made and incorporates it into herself, making her something different: A spectacle beyond design.
Thanks to Abandoned Iowa, we have these fantastic images of Gardiner Consolidated School. Check out their Facebook page here to discover even more pictures of amazing abandoned locations in Iowa.
Forgotten in Time
Facebook.com/ Abandoned Iowa It is tough to give Gardiner Consolidated School an age, but its documentation dates back to the 1920s. For decades nature has seeped in and made it something of its own. Now, it is hardly recognizable, although there are not many alive who could remember what it looked like before the ecosystem intervened.
Facebook.com/ Abandoned Iowa The school is located near Perry, Iowa, not far off state highway 169. If your travels have brought you near this location, and you do not recall this structure, worry not! The dense vegetation and abundant population of Oak and Mulberry trees shield Gardiner Consolidated School from view.
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Facebook.com/ Abandoned Iowa The industrial red brick structure clashes with the enduring green of nature, and in their obstinance the beauty of both blooms.
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Facebook.com/ Abandoned Iowa Where nature has not spread its influence, time has instead taken its toll. Much of the interior is destroyed, giving the building the feeling of a lost ruin; a look through a muddled window at times long since past.
Facebook.com/ Abandoned Iowa Even the seemingly unbreakable concrete these coal shoots were implanted in have suffered from the war of attrition nature raged. It has been a long time since coal warmed any boilers at this school house.
It is amazing to see what happens to our creations when we cannot keep constant vigilance over them. So the next time you see weeds crawling out of the sidewalk, or a vine scaling the side of a house, just remember who this Earth truly belongs to. It is not yours or mine, but is shared in ownership amongst all that occupy it, biotic or otherwise. Are there any places you have witnessed nature’s reclamation of? Comment below and share!
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It is tough to give Gardiner Consolidated School an age, but its documentation dates back to the 1920s. For decades nature has seeped in and made it something of its own. Now, it is hardly recognizable, although there are not many alive who could remember what it looked like before the ecosystem intervened.
The school is located near Perry, Iowa, not far off state highway 169. If your travels have brought you near this location, and you do not recall this structure, worry not! The dense vegetation and abundant population of Oak and Mulberry trees shield Gardiner Consolidated School from view.
The industrial red brick structure clashes with the enduring green of nature, and in their obstinance the beauty of both blooms.
Where nature has not spread its influence, time has instead taken its toll. Much of the interior is destroyed, giving the building the feeling of a lost ruin; a look through a muddled window at times long since past.
Even the seemingly unbreakable concrete these coal shoots were implanted in have suffered from the war of attrition nature raged. It has been a long time since coal warmed any boilers at this school house.
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