University of New Mexico agroecology students and community members installing the garden in 2019. The garden has been re-planted this year on the west side of the Museum.
A Garden UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO LAND
Eastern and SW Asian heritage grains
ARTS AGROECOLOGY STUDENTS
einkorn, spelt, Sonoran Wheat, and Cache
PLANTED THE GARDEN just west of
Valley Rye as a winter cover crop. In the
the Sculpture Garden on Mountain Road
summer, local indigenous amaranth will
in May. The installation, A Garden, is an
succeed the grains. As an experiment, the
earthwork and experimental project that
garden employs two varying methods
was conceived, designed, and created by
for production: dryland farming waffle
Land Arts of the American West and 7th
gardens and drip irrigation beds. It also
regen, in conjunction with SeedBroadcast’s
accommodates the shadow line of the
2019 exhibition Seed: Climate Change
building. The garden aims to be an
Resilience. Land Arts of the American
area for artistic installation and future
West artists designed concentric planting
community engagement. This project
beds radiating from a central existing
is about possibility, variability, and
pine tree and seeded these with Middle
engagement.
10
SPRING 2021
Art. History. People.
The plan includes dryland farming techniques and drip irrigation beds.
