The inspiration for this sculpture was drawn from the artist's family who was organic gardeners. The cycle of life was seen through the developmental stages of the garden; prepare the soil, plant the seeds or seedlings (often using their our own compost in the soil) that gave new life to the next generation of plants. The artist hopes to share her knowledge and understanding of community gardens with the community through the sculpture.

The steel boat was created as a farm, a tool to bend and build the bamboo boat, the parent to the bamboo boat. While the gardens were designed to produce life, the grave-like quality of the stone circles reflect the full cycle.

The plants in the structures are mostly edible or medicinal. The artist carefully researched the placement of the plants to one another. Certain plants aid in their neighbors' growth as well as keep pests away. There are even some plants that do not like to grow near each other. The bamboo boat is mainly salad and picnic type plants and herbs, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, thyme, squash, peppers, marigolds and sweet alyssums. The metal boat has vines such as melon, cucumber, tomatoes, dill, basil, rosemary and coriander. Some of the flowers such as the fire weed are purely decorative, while the passionflowers bear a fruit, yarrow for tea, echinacea and lavender.

The community is welcome to assist the artist with some of the tasks such as watering, weeding and nurturing the garden. Email artinfreedompark@mindspring.com to be put in contact with the artist.





Michael Murrell
Blue Canoes
Sculpture

This work features two vertical 11' 6" linear 3/8 inch round steel bar canoes. Random lines of steel define the forms. The canoes are open so the landscape can be viewed through them. An oval negative space is created by the curvature of the gunnels of the boats.











Phil Proctor
Split
Sculpture

Split is a geometric exploration of the process of organic growth through cell division. The artist uses the language of geometry to describe form and activity because he believes that the foundation of nature, and all of its processes, can be accurately described in geometric terms.