One reaps what one sows

A call for a wilder agriculture !

2020
International garden festival
Chaumont-sur-Loire - FR

Program: Temporary garden installation
Area: 330m²
Team: Emma Morillon, Baptiste Gerard-Hirne
Status: Installation
Award: Transposable garden award

Links
International garden festival - 2020 edition
Garden’s presentation

In this space, agriculture initially opposes wild nature before encountering a form of reconciliation. Large-scale cultivated areas are often devoted to a single plant species, while nature offers a diverse palette of useful and nourishing essences.

The former is materialized by furrows dug into bare soil, while the latter consists of living woven willows entwined with climbing plants. However, in a third stage, forms and colors will unite to offer different habitats with volatile lights and fragrances.

In basins, life-filled sticks with red bark seeds encourage sowing among the surrounding trees, shrubs, and perennials. Untamed, nature remains lush, humming with the sound of its bees and birds.

Each seed is a gift to come for humanity. Chestnuts, willows, garlic, squash, elderberries soon intertwine with cereals. The land comes back to life. The fields thrive once again.