Workshop RG01︎︎︎ The Ruderal Garden: Opening (2024)
The first workshop in The Ruderal Garden took place in the beginning of Summer 2024. Beginning with ripping up the asphalt and rearranging discarded material found in the area. Together with a group of summer-school students being led by ecologist Yannick Woudstra -Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant sciences at Stockholm University. For the opening artist Carmela Omil led an Ant-Walk, exploring the ruderal landscape from an ants perspective.
The Ruderal Garden is a semi-wild, semi-cultivated landscape. It’s an artistic research project exploring the potential of ruderal plants – often seen as undesirable weeds – in strengthening ecosystems and decontaminating polluted cityscapes. The Ruderal Garden is run by Garden Loops – in collaboration with Färgfabriken and Yannick Woudstra - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant sciences at Stockholm University.
The Ruderal Garden is a semi-wild, semi-cultivated landscape. It’s an artistic research project exploring the potential of ruderal plants – often seen as undesirable weeds – in strengthening ecosystems and decontaminating polluted cityscapes. The Ruderal Garden is run by Garden Loops – in collaboration with Färgfabriken and Yannick Woudstra - Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant sciences at Stockholm University.
Ruderal plants inhabit environments usually considered inhospitable to human eyes – cracks in sidewalks, industrial sites, waste disposal areas – but are in fact rich and diverse ecosystems. In The Ruderal Garden, we explore the idea of the gardener as a multispecies actor (human, animal or plant) who cares for the Garden. The project takes place at Färgfabriken, where we build an exhibition garden which embeds our ideas and research on ruderal landscapes in public space.
Photos: Garden Loops