Abundant Future: Cultivating Diversity In Garden, Farm And Field
Celebrating the diversity and history of cultivated plants grown for clothing, healing, and food, this exhibition features plants discovered on international travels, picked up at farmers鈥� markets, and plucked from the artists鈥� own gardens. The artworks created by American Society of Botanical Artists were selected for The New York Botanical Garden鈥檚 Fourth Triennial, devoted to biological diversity in cultivated utilitarian plants.
As the artists studied their chosen plants to ensure faithful depictions, they learned about the history of cultivated varieties or the significance of wild relatives鈥� roles in yielding today鈥檚 fruits and vegetables.
The exhibition celebrates the artistry of plant breeding, the challenges of maintaining genetic diversity that helps domesticated crops resist environmental and climate stress and disease, and the potential for rejuvenation via heirloom and ancient plant revival.
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Celebrating the diversity and history of cultivated plants grown for clothing, healing, and food, this exhibition features plants discovered on international travels, picked up at farmers鈥� markets, and plucked from the artists鈥� own gardens. The artworks created by American Society of Botanical Artists were selected for The New York Botanical Garden鈥檚 Fourth Triennial, devoted to biological diversity in cultivated utilitarian plants.
As the artists studied their chosen plants to ensure faithful depictions, they learned about the history of cultivated varieties or the significance of wild relatives鈥� roles in yielding today鈥檚 fruits and vegetables.
The exhibition celebrates the artistry of plant breeding, the challenges of maintaining genetic diversity that helps domesticated crops resist environmental and climate stress and disease, and the potential for rejuvenation via heirloom and ancient plant revival.
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