We were invited this spring by Stones Barn Center for Food and Agriculture to install an ecological, pollinator, native wonderland installation in their beautiful gallery space on the farm at Stone Barns. We were highlighting the continuingly crucial connection humans deeply need with our natural world. As our climate continues to shift and change, native and ancestral plant families continue to be our guides to a radical future on earth. We highlighted some of our favorite plant elders and allies including Elderberry, Inkberry, Serviceberry, American Cranberry Bush, Joe Pye Weed, Anise Hyssop, and a bunch more. In addition, to call out the interconnected ecology of our landscapes, we tucked hidden natural treasures through the gallery including delicate bird nests, turtle shells, a mobile of flying pollinator creatures, and other natural wonders. We were hosted by the Arts & Ecology initiative at Stone Barns Center, an active studio for expanding the connections between agriculture, ecology, and our aesthetic experience of the world. Huge thanks to Shannon and Laura at Stone Barns for all their magic and kindness, our upstate woodland fairy friends (you know who you are!) and always our wonderful collaborator Meral Marino.
To learn more about Stone Barns and thier Arts & Ecology programs here.
Gallery Installation begins
