EDIBLE ESTATES regional prototype garden #4: LONDON {go to exhibition page}
Plantecd May 25th - 27th, 2007. Commissioned by Tate Modern for the exhibition "Global Cities" opened June 19th in the Turbine Hall.
Working in collaboration with the Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST) and with support form Better BanksideWe worked with the families in the Southwark neighborhood of London to convert the public lawn in front of their housing estate into a productive landscape of vegetables, fruits, herbs and grains. The garden was created over the weekend of May 25th - 27th, 2007, with help from local residents and volunteers from the community.
It is located at the corner of Lancaster & Webber in Southwork, just east of the Southwork tube & Blackfriars Road and just a short walk south of the museum. This first planting includes fruits, vegetables and herbs: apples, plums, raspberries, currants, tomatoes, aubergine, brussel sprouts, scarlet runner beans, peas, lettuce, rocket, spinach, bok choy, artichokes, fennel, onions, parsley, coriander, sage, bay, basil, rosemary, thyme, oregano, mint, dill, calendula, marigolds and nasturtiums.
{Watch the new VIDEO about the London Edible Edible Estate commissioned by Tate Modern}
PRESENTATION
PRESS
The London Paper {06.20.07}
The Telegraph {06.16.07}
CREDITS
commissioned by the Tate Modern
partnership with and support from Bankside Open Spaces Trust
sponsorship from Better Bankside
photography by Heiko Prigge
exhibition graphics by a.b.a.k.e.
video by Jacinto Astiazaran
exhibition production, research and support by Matthew Au
Edible Estates identity by Department of Graphic Sciences
Edible Estates Regional Prototype Garden #4: London was commissioned by Tate Modern for the exhibition Global Cities presented in the Turbine Hall from June 20th - August 27th. The garden was created in partnership with Bankside Open Spaces Trust (BOST). As a local support to the residents, they will be helping to ensure that it thrives through the coming years. Much appreciation goes to Better Bankside for financial support and to Southwark Council for the land and backround support.
The following people helped create the garden over the weekend of May 25th, 2007: Resident Volunteers included Brooke Blades, Dajana Dokaj, Klaudia Dokaj, Rina Dokaj, Silvia Dokaj, Tiegan Eady, Siobhan Eady, Ben Horrigan, Zoe Horrigan, Fabian Mcdermott, Denise Withers / Community Volunteers included: Jessica Beattie, Joseph Bonner, Sarah Burrows, Jill Jerram, Judith Mackinlay, Jeff McMillan, Lily McMillan, Heather Ring, Annina Salo, Reinhard Schleining, Frances Ward, Katie Wright / Michael Osbourne (bost volunteer), Arthur De Mowbray (for the seating), Mark Barrell (Tenant Liason Officer), Sergio Mutti (Estates Compliance Officer). BOST support: Carole Wright and Peter Graal / Tate Modern curator for Global Cities: November Paynter and assistant curator Kathy Noble.
For more information on this garden or to be involved, please contact B.O.S.T. at info@bost.org.uk or call 020.7261.1009
For more information on Tate Modern go to www.tate.org.uk/modern