[Photo Sunday by Dave on 7th]
Winter Flowers, the unique sculptures that adorned the fence at La Plaza Cultural for nearly 20 years, returned to part of the community garden/green space over the weekend.
Last spring-summer, La Plaza received a new fence here on Avenue C at Ninth Street. The previous chain-link fence was sagging in spots and in need of repair.
With that, the handmade sculptures from discarded materials that Rolando Politi started creating in 2000 had to be removed in the fall of 2018. The collection had grown to nearly 250.
[Photo from September 2018]
While GreenThumb community gardens operating on NYC Parks property are currently closed to the public (open to gardeners only for necessary maintenance) you can check out the Winter Flowers along the fence simply walking by... and we've already heard from several residents who said they were happy to see Rolando putting these colorful creations back along Avenue C...
7 comments:
I've always Loved these, uts makes the Garden look more Beautiful,so glad they are back! Rolando Thanks
Bravo!
Does anyone know if any of the community gardens open for visitors?
Awesome. And, no, Kate & Tobias, none of them are currently ever open for visitors, as per guidelines by the city.
SO awesome that the sculptures are returning. They were missed!
So, so glad to see these beautiful artworks back up. It's a nice looking fence, and much sturdier, but the old one, adorned with Rolando's flowers, was as messy and organic as the gardens themselves. Green shoots amid the winter of pandemic and gentrification.
We miss the willow trees too.
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