CITY GARDEN

CITY (BROOKLYN) GARDEN

Location: Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Date: April 2013 - September 2014

Client: undisclosed
Cost: ~$2500 (material, time, ancillary)

Compost Bin, made from recycled lumber was the first landmark of the yard

Diagram for the Compost Bin

The space was completely overgrown with rhizomes and weeds.

The cleaned up Garden.

List of plants:

Herbs
Chives
White Onions
Scallions
Garlic
Rosemary
Basil; Thai and Italian
Dill

Fruit & Veg
Kale
Tomatoes; Zebra (green), Cherokee, Roma, Tomatillo
Cauliflower

Tubers
Radish; French and Traditional
Beets
Carrots
Turnips
Zucchini
Pumpkins (mini)

Flowers
Sunflowers
Rose

 ACherokee and several Zebra tomatoes harvested

XENOTOPIA: Sheep

XENOTOPIA

Sheep

Puglia, Italy.  2012

Alignment: Hera @ Crotone

Location: Temple of Hera, Crotone, Calabria, Italy

Origin: 7th C. BCE, Greek

Ancient name: Promunturium LaciniumOther associated parties: Pythagoras (school)



Cardinal alignment of the temple.

From compass observations in situ, the layout appears to be incredibly precise, aligning axially from East to West.


Reviewing the actual sun map at the site, the site confirms the simple compass reading.

SUMMER SOLSTICE

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

WINTER SOLSTICE

DRAWING: grocery study

grocery study
24x36 inches, colored pencil, 2012