“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.
Found via Data is Nature.
Children sowing wildflower seeds onto the seed spiral
“Ladies Who Lunch” is a group of women aged 60 and above who have been meeting at Queen’s Walk Community Centre every Thursday for the past 20 years. For the workshop they drew and painted wild flowers from Queen’s Walk park that were dried and pressed. In doing so they talked about how they felt about natural spaces and wildlife in the city.
