I pulled this image out of a National Geographic a couple of years back and came across it in my files recently. According to it managing director Billy Chau, at one point Boji exported 1.6 million trees to the U.S. … Continue reading
Situated in a concrete front yard on Fondren Drive, just beyond the intersection with Airline, the Porta Hedge (Birder’s Retreat) is currently providing one University Park household some privacy and a bit of evergreen to look at out their window. … Continue reading
This 7 foot artificial evergreen was donated by a resident of The Village, a housing development on Amesbury Drive in Dallas, Texas. It is now planted in what was a bare spot next to a bush and an air conditioning … Continue reading
Greg Gleason accompanied me in New Jersey, Washington D.C. and Baltimore in late spring of 2009, documenting the construction of the Porta Hedge – Mobile Observation Lab, an installation at the U.S. Botanic Garden and some artificial tree planting. Greg … Continue reading
7,000 Evergreens celebrates its second anniversary with a new song by Charlie Green. Please donate your old fake Christmas tree, volunteer, or plant a tree at www.7000evergreens.org
This Christmas marks the second anniversary of the 7,000 Evergreens project. And to celebrate the project’s efforts, we’re back in north Georgia, where the project began, to film a promotional music video that features 7,000 Evergreens’ new mascot, Charlie Green. … Continue reading
The Porta Hedge contributed briefly to the holiday cheer in the Oak Grove at Indiana University of Pennsylvania as students prepared for finals and the holiday break. IUP grad student Bifei Cao helped decorate the Hedge with LED Christmas lights … Continue reading
The Terrestrial Shrub Rover debuted this weekend at the Grounds for Sculpture. The reception was a wonderful event and celebrated the opening of the Fall/Winter Exhibition at the Grounds, which includes the 2009 Outstanding Student Achievement in Sculpture show, a … Continue reading
The Terrestrial Shrub Rover is taking shape this week in preparation for its debut at the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton NJ on October 10. As the photo shows, while the general form and structure of the Rover are resolved, … Continue reading
In the 1930′s, the Addis Brush Company introduced an artificial Christmas tree whose branches were made from the same brush bristles as the toilet bowl brushes it produced. The Addis Toilet Tree Brush pays homage to the company’s ingenuity by rearranging … Continue reading
Over the past couple of months, the first Porta Hedge has been shaping up quite nicely. At this time, much of the interior and exterior are completed. Within the next couple of weeks I will be attaching about 10,000 artificial … Continue reading
Join 7,000 Evergreens in front of EYEBEAM Art + Technology Center on 21st Street between 10th & 11th Avenues tomorrow, Saturday, October 18, between 12:00 PM and 6:00 PM to donate your old unwanted artificial Christmas tree. Now is the … Continue reading
Small in scale compared to the Olympics, perhaps. But grand is the first word that comes to mind when describing this past weekend’s first ever Christmas Tree Toss World Championships. The Institute for Aesthletics did a fantastic job organizing this … Continue reading