The Garden
The Garden is an art installation and event series inspired by the immense responsibility we have to future generations, human and non-human alike, as we enter a sixth mass extinction.
The Garden offers a dedicated space to explore our connection to our planet, hold our grief, and find our place as protectors and stewards of life.
The form of the installation is inspired by Emily N. Johnston’s essay “Loving a Vanishing World” and symbolizes the passageway to a new era:
“When we think about accelerating extinction, it’s like looking at the terrifying narrows of an hourglass, where only a few will slide through. So sometimes I imagine myself instead on the far side of something more like an ecological birth canal. How many of Earth’s beauties can we help to survive the passage into the next era? Is each one not a gift we can safeguard to the world by our actions?”
— Emily N. Johnston, “Loving a Vanishing World” in All We Can Save
The Garden hosted weekly online events with women leaders in climate and culture.
Together, we explored how we can co-create a more just, equitable, and regenerative world.
All past events are available on YouTube
Heart-based climate action
The Garden holds space for re-imagining what social and environmental equity could look like. We believe that through open dialogue, vulnerability, sharing and listening, we can move into a space of possibility. We want to lay the groundwork for transformative action.
Space for feeling the planetary crisis
The ecological, climate, and biodiversity crises we face are daunting. The information is often presented as facts and figures, leaving the workings of the human heart out of the conversation. But we need to feel what is happening by connecting our hearts with our minds in order to bring our full selves to the task at hand: healing our relationship to the earth and to each other.
The Garden is about “showing up to this work in our human wholeness, with all of the things that stir up when you have eyes wide open on this planet in this moment.” – Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson
“I’ve have been drawn to your installations as they feel so hopeful, hopeful for what we can preserve if we act thoughtfully. Climate change can be scary and can cause blinders to be put on but you’ve created something that makes it accessible. I hope your art continues to spark conversation in a safe way for so many who would otherwise feel too overwhelmed to engage.”