General Bauhaus, the city’s fascist dictator, has had all the green space in town destroyed! Trees are banned! Flowers outlawed!
As guerrilla gardener, Molly Greenthumb you must use an amazing array of fast growing plants to avoid cops and cctv cameras, plant over government propaganda and make the city green again. Succeed and you’ll fill the apathetic citizens with cheerful insurrection and overthrow the state!
Great to see games tackling issues other than zombie invasions for a change, I couldn’t find a release date but I’m looking forward to seeing if it’s any good.
“Inspired by the tenacious plants that pioneer the tiny cracks of urban landscapes, a backyard is transformed through hostile takeover of an existing concrete slab by imposing a series of “cracks”. The rows of this garden contain a lushly planted mix of herbs, vegetables, flowers, and rogue weeds retained for their aesthetic value.”
Maybe these little garden intrusions could find their ways into the back yards of homes in the Meadows, or just be an interesting way to fill pot-holes around the area.
I found this via Pruned, Alexander Trevi’s interesting blog “about landscape architecture and related fields.”
Artist Chapman Kelley creates wildflower spaces within city boundaries. He recently attracted much press attention for successfully suing Chicago City authorities for deformation of artwork. They had ripped up a wildflower space he’d created to make way for manicured parkland.
Artist Phil Ross has built this tea house made for a show in Germany. The bricks are made from the roots of mushrooms and during the show they pieces are crumbled off to make tea for the visitors.
Mushroom roots (mycelium) are now being cultivated for various different applications as a green alternative to packing foam, insulation and household bricks, see this article in Time for more information.
John Viramontes: Much thanks for posting information about artists’ rights. Chapman Kelley mentioned to us that it’s wonderful that people have made comments on your site, including young children. It’s amazing how a public artwork such as his Chicago...
Elliot Asamoah age 6: You need nature in the city – you need cars and taxis and buses. You need bees and butterflies because if people see one they want to play with one and follow it to see where it goes
Elliot Asamoah age 6: I like the flowers in the workshop – because you can grow them. i would like to see flowers in my school. I like flowers on the path. It would be like a bald head if you had no flowers. You need flowers in the city –...
tamzin: I think nature is a good thing. i think the flowers are pretty. if there wear no trees it would be hot. nature makes me feel calm and peaceful. from tamzin age 8 at the surestart art day
Kerry Anne Keefe, 15: I think the nature in the city is quite good, but we need more plants to make people respect the city. Plants, trees and flowers make me feel happy and joyful.
