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Acequia: A Walk up the Zarka Valley
The Zarka Valley features a well-maintained acequia system that effectively distributes water from the Zarka spring, allowing fields to flourish with corn and livestock fodder. The government has refurbished canals, and terraced fields prevent runoff. Medicinal herbs and oleander thrive along the edges, enhancing the valley’s agricultural vitality.
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Acequia: Printmaking at Green Olive Arts
In Summer 2022, during a project in Tetouan, Morocco, we explored Acequias’ living history while collecting local plants. We created prints using a plexiglass press method, incorporating an anthotype process with turmeric. This allowed for dual-color impressions while ensuring plant material was moist to prevent damage during printing.
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MAINE – Pierce Pond: 2022 Restoration
The article discusses the ecological significance of the alewife migration at the Bagaduce River and efforts led by Bailey Bowden to restore local alewife populations through a fish ladder. It highlights the invasive Bishop’s weed issue along the shoreline, with community initiatives to control it and an upcoming workshop promoting collaborative habitat restoration.
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Urban Acequia
A tour of an urban farm in Tetouan, Morocco shows a surprising array of rural life in the urban corridor along the Martil river.
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Congress Park News Summer Garden Column: Garden Edits: Weeding
Spring Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Getting started with Native Plants in Denver
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Congress Park News Spring Garden Column: Getting Started with Native Plants
Spring Garden column by Lee Lee for the Congress Park News: Getting started with Native Plants in Denver
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Haïti: Mountains Beyond Mountains
Restoration Liberation2019 Ghetto Biennial Katelyn Alexis + Getho Jean Baptiste + Wesner Bazile + Rossi Jacques Casimir + Noel Edgard aka Papouche + Lee Lee + Mimi Sheller + moira williams We are exploring historic connections between Maine and Haiti with a series of workshops and performances; looking at the entangled mobilities between plant-human and…
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Sea Shanties and SEED Stories
Celebrating the new gardens designed and built by Lee Lee at the Pendleton House, the beds set the stage for a display of Haitian artworks and maritime paintings during first Blue Hill Maritime Heritage Festival. In consideration of the historic use of the building to house sailors who needed temporary housing between seafaring journeys, garden…
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