Calling these protest plantings in Madrid “ecosystems” is going a step too far (as is calling the cake protectors covering them “greenhouses”), but the impetus behind their installation is noble: To protest a lack of greens paces in the city’s center.
Graffiti made from moss. Now we’ve seen everything!
Fabulous work from the British artist Anna Garforth.
Via Anthology.
Our friends over at the Hudson Valley Seed Library, along with Annie Novak, assistant manager of NYBG’s Ruth Rea Howell Family Garden, will be on-hand at the New Museum’s Festival of Ideas for the New City on Saturday, May 7, where they will be helping participants create “seed sculptures” a creative take on the concept of the “seed bomb.”
— Great interview with Richard Reynolds, founder of the Guerrilla Gardening movement. What do you think of Guerrilla Gardening?
(Source: abcnews.go.com)
Rosemary (in NYBG pot) and friend
Love you, Mom <3
Happy National Public Gardens Day! A female carpenter bee visiting the pea vines yesterday. She’s California’s largest bee.
HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
This Mother’s Day don’t just go local—go native: Fill your weekend with flowers and garden parties at the city’s botanical...
Be the change you want to see in the world.
-Gandhi
Lovely tree peonies at the NY Botanical Garden
