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About Maize Field
This summer I'm growing blue corn in two areas of Brooklyn as part of a public art project called Maize Field. The gardens are located in Boerum Hill and Canarsie.
Each garden is located in an area that was documented as Indian maizeland in the 17th century. They are traditional three sisters gardens (corn, beans and squash) using crop varieties that are part of the heritage of the Lenape and Haudenosaunee from this region. The gardens are a meditation of the change and displacements that have been a part of New York's history. The project participates in the continual change that defines the city by highlighting a historical past then integrating that history back into the present landscape.
You can also visit the project's website at: http://brooklynmaize.org/
Sponsors of this project: Brooklyn Arts Council, DOT Urban Art Program, Boerum Hill Association, The Invisible Dog Art Center, and Greensulate
Each garden is located in an area that was documented as Indian maizeland in the 17th century. They are traditional three sisters gardens (corn, beans and squash) using crop varieties that are part of the heritage of the Lenape and Haudenosaunee from this region. The gardens are a meditation of the change and displacements that have been a part of New York's history. The project participates in the continual change that defines the city by highlighting a historical past then integrating that history back into the present landscape.
You can also visit the project's website at: http://brooklynmaize.org/
Sponsors of this project: Brooklyn Arts Council, DOT Urban Art Program, Boerum Hill Association, The Invisible Dog Art Center, and Greensulate
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- More pictures from Canarsie-July 29
- Smith and Bergen Now
- Canarsie Now
- Back from Vacation
- Corn roots
- Little clip on NY1
- I Love this Garden, Canarsie
- How many stripes on a bumblebee? Bergen St.
- Somone taking a snapshot at Smith St.
- And another hot ride down to Canarsee
- Bergen St. beans climbing and some hints of tassles
- Good Morning Seneca Sunflower
- Hack Job - Cobble Hill Courier
- Bergen St. July 1st
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Fantastic. I hope to visit a garden soon.
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ReplyDeleteBees are loving the Bergen/Smith sunflowers.
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