Posted in Brooklyn plants, Events, exhibitions, etc., tagged art, Brooklyn, discussion, event, New York, open source, photography, pictures, slideshow on 4 October 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Urban Plant Research is back in action in Brooklyn! On October 14, we’re presenting a slideshow and discussion at Open Source Gallery in South Slope, as part of the gallery’s ‘Church of Monika’ program of Sunday morning art-related gatherings. (more…)
Posted in Brooklyn plants, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, Gowanus, graffiti, ivy, night, plants, urban plant research on 2 June 2010 | 3 Comments »
On a recent warm night while traversing the Gowanus Canal, I spied a couple suspicious green characters lurking about, like this many-headed ivy monster…
Posted in Brooklyn plants, Questions & discussion, tagged Brooklyn, New York, street art, street trees, sweater, tree, urban plant research on 10 May 2010 | 3 Comments »
The weather has been very mercurial lately, swinging from warm summery days for short sleeves to gusty days like today when I go back inside to get my sweater. The weather is whipping the trees around too and I bet some of them would be happy to have sweaters too, like these trees I saw in Brooklyn back in January.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, Events, exhibitions, etc., tagged acoustic, angel of montgomery, Brooklyn, exhibition, folk, houseplant, jam, john prine, music, open source, plants, residency, secret lives of plants, south slope, urban plants on 19 October 2009 | 3 Comments »
Now that we’ve had a breather after our breathless and beautiful residency at South Slope’s Open Source, I want to start sharing images and footage of what we did there for those who couldn’t make it – and also for those who did visit and contribute, but want to revisit! This video captures just one song of many from our closing event, the Jam for the Plants.
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Posted in Berlin plants, Brooklyn plants, Events, exhibitions, etc., tagged art, artists, Brooklyn, exhibition, installation, New York, Open Source Gallery, photography, plants, residency, urban plant research on 19 August 2009 | 2 Comments »
Urban Plant Research’s first New York exhibition and residency began last Saturday at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn! It kicked off with an opening party filled with friends, neighbors, fellow artists and plant lovers, pizza and beer.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, New York, photography, plants, still life, subway, urban plant research, video on 21 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
On July 12, in the high noon sun, I caught sight of a plant living down below the street, underneath the subway grates at 9th Street and 6th Avenue.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, ivy, New York, plants, urban plant research on 15 July 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With the ivy-graffiti still on my mind, I’d like to share some more amazing instances of climbing plants I’ve discovered in Park Slope. This photograph that I took a little while ago, with its lush, dark ivy, reminds me of Leslie’s photograph of Juncker’s Hotel Garni, minus the beautiful way the ivy flows into windowboxes.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, graffiti, ivy, photography, urban plant research on 13 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
Last fall, I was impressed by the multi-colored transformation of ivy on the side of a building above the Prospect Highway, which outdid the artistry of the graffiti underneath it. To my dismay, I recently discovered that the ivy has been cut back and entirely removed from the lower part of the wall, leaving a mass of dead leaves on dead branches still clinging to higher part of the wall, extending almost to the roof, out of reach.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, Edible plants, recipes, Projects from others, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, garden, photography, plants, urban plant research on 1 July 2009 | 2 Comments »
My roommate Phyllis working in her vegetable garden in the overgrown garden in our backyard. Bird’s eye view.
Posted in Brooklyn plants, tagged art, Brooklyn, cities, fence, photography, plants, urban plant research on 29 June 2009 | 14 Comments »
On a walk through Gowanus yesterday, at Union St. and 4th Ave., I was attracted by this monster of a weed because of its billowing, large shape and its adjacency to two other interesting things: a billboard and a vacant lot.
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