Opening night!

The Cultivate Plant Adoption Agency gave away 18 plants during it's debut. Not bad!

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and adopted a seedling. Please send in photos of your plant as it grows. We will post them on the blog.

Check back for future adoption days. We would love to give away more seedlings.

CULTIVATE PLANT ADOPTION AGENCY

After a winter long hiatus, cultivate is back. This time around, the project will take form as Cultivate Plant Adoption Agency. Prairie plant seedlings will be available for adoption at the Arts Iowa City Gallery from 6-8pm on Friday, April 11.

Come by the gallery and get your free plant and check back for updates on the project!

Old Brick Show

We wheeled the wagons up to Old Brick for the "Everything is Included" show on Labor Day. It was a great show!

Old Brick

The wagons will make an appearance this coming Monday, September 3, at the Old Brick building. Please come and see how the garden is growing!

In Bloom

After a summer's hiatus, the garden has had time to grow and...the sunflowers are blooming! The garden has been tended to, graciously, by the attendant over the summer. It resides (mostly) on the area of land known as Walnut Farms but will hopefully make an appearance sometime soon--perhaps at the original location of the garden.

mobile garden

Well, it turns out that the spot we picked for the garden didn't sit well with the University. In keeping with the ongoing title for the collaboration of this part of the project--cultivate/migrate--we have transplanted the garden into three wagons. This way, we can take the garden anywhere we want to--it migrates. It likely will go on tour this summer around Iowa City and surrounding areas. I hope to continue the project into the following year.

There is a possibility that those whose plants never came up or otherwise didn't make it will be reincarnated as vegetables for the vegetable garden wagon. Look for your number tag there!

The Garden

The garden has been planted! It officially opened yesterday, May 5. There are three beds holding all of the flowers. All of the flowers are marked with their tags containing their plant numbers. If you make it up to the garden, be sure to locate your plant. Hopefully by the end of summer we'll have a flower garden in full bloom.