• Name: "Natives Only" 2010
  • Caption: Project: NYC Wildflower week has a native plant garden in New York’s Union Square Park. As part of their yearly event they asked me to propose a public sculpture that could be incorporated into their garden for the summer. The project was approved, funded, and then denied by the NY Parks Department due to my having recently completed a public work in Central Park. Proposal: A 35-50 foot coconut palm (exact height TBD) is installed in the middle of the Native Plant Garden in Union Square. The tree’s height will be such that it does not interfere with the other trees and calculated to make the palm as visible as possible. Hung a short ways up the truck, above head height, is a sign that simply reads “Natives Only”. The sign will be routed out of wood.