Sacred Places
Patterson Park Joseph Beuys Garden
One hundred trees planted as social sculpture.
WHERE
Baltimore, MD
SETTING
Neighborhood
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Where it is
27 South Patterson Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21231
What happens here
HOW IT CAME TO BE
An idea takes root.
01
The Need
Joseph Beuys pressed for greater environmental awareness worldwide through his ongoing social sculpture project 7000 Oaks.
02
The Vision
By involving many community members, ideas would take root, and people would set themselves in motion to plant more trees and improve their communities in other creative and self-determined ways.
03
The Transformation
From the fall of 2000, community volunteers planted 242 indigenous trees as social sculpture across Patterson Park, Carroll Park, Wyman Park Dell, and UMBC. Patterson Park received 100 trees in the first phase. A special ceremony marked the revitalized landscape at each site. Across Baltimore, with over 20 organizations involved, 7000 Oaks inspired the planting of over 350 trees and several stones by more than 500 people.
WHO TENDS IT
Katie Long
Firesoul, Patterson Park Joseph Beuys Garden
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