A Garden

During the first year the project corresponded with a large public exhibition SeedBroadcast had at the Albuquerque Museum called Seed: Climate Change Resilience, about indigenous agriculture, seeds, and climate resiliency. During that year, A Garden was focused on creative community engagement with farmers and seed sovereignty advocates and drawing public attention to the beauty and resiliency of local seeds and foods and their cultural significance, especially in regards to the issues we face with climate change. 

In 2021, A Garden was formed around a series of creative research processes focused on the concept of nourishment and creating a space of healing which draws upon the teachings of land, plants, food, and culture. Students were feeling the impact of both the pandemic and the racial/historic tensions and violence that local residents are grappling with over the Oñate Monument which is located close to the project site. Their desire was to create a space that anyone can come and spend time in to heal and be nourished. The project includes a variety of plant habitats and site furnishings welcoming people and more-than-human creatures to share this space and cultivate nourishment.