Book Garden Installation Includes Growing Mushrooms

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I’m in awe of this art installation in a library’s garden that’s comprised of more than 40,000 discarded books. Even more fascinating: the books are being used as a growing medium for mushrooms.

Designed by a Berlin-based team of Canadian artist-designer Rodney LaTourelle and landscape architect Thilo Folkerts, the Jardin de la Conaissance (Garden of Knowledge) seeks to introduce the book as not only a structural garden element of wall, bench and bed, but also as a growing medium.
Sandwiched within and between the reclaimed and decomposing books are several edible species of mushrooms like oyster and winecap, an intervention that highlights the living, ephemeral and cyclic character of these artefacts.

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2 thoughts on “Book Garden Installation Includes Growing Mushrooms

  1. theoptercep says:

    Who do you like, Real or Barcelona?

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