Artist Creates Nature Mural Inside Plymouth Pedestrian Tunnel

A walk along a trail in northwest Plymouth is not only full of nature, but also full of nature art.

Ted Pesch completed a mural inside the pedestrian tunnel near Trillium Woods senior living. Pesch previously worked as a Plymouth tree inspector and pitched the city the idea of creating a mural.

But little did he know, the city would offer Pesch a bigger project than he expected.

The project he was assigned took two summers, 30 to 40 hours a week, to complete — a total of eight months.

CCX News caught up with him as he put on the finishing touches.

“I do a lot of ecological-inspired work, so all the the species are related to their season and what you would find, they’re all local to the area,” said Pesch.

Pesch studied environmental science in college and always enjoyed art. For him, this project was the best of both worlds.

“Obviously, just being able to paint every day, and researching all of the local wildlife, and then also all the people that come down every day and stop by to chat,” said Pesch.

Pesch said he a did lot of research on native wildflowers to help decide what to include in the mural.

“I hope that it it allows people to recognize all of the different species, the biodiversity that we have in this area,” he said. 

Ted Pesch stands inside the Plymouth tunnel next to his mural.

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