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This Garden at This Hour North This Garden at This Hour Early Plants Matthew Ritchie Matthew Ritchie 2014 2014 North Plant List Plant List Throughout history and across cultures, gardens have been used to represent the Dry Meadows Dry Meadows Throughout history and across cultures, gardens have been used to represent the Location & Common Name Botanical Name universe in microcosm, invoking archetypal creation stories, and mediating universe in microcosm, invoking archetypal creation stories, and mediating Location & Common Name Botanical Name between nature and culture. Following in this tradition, artist Matthew Ritchie between nature and culture. Following in this tradition, artist Matthew Ritchie Dry Meadow created This Garden at This Hour, a sprawling environmental artwork in the form created This Garden at This Hour, a sprawling environmental artwork in the form Dry Meadow Jumping cholla Cylindropuntia fulgida of a garden containing sculptures, paving, furniture and plants, all composed in of a garden containing sculptures, paving, furniture and plants, all composed in Jumping cholla Cylindropuntia fulgida Joined stonecrop Orostachys aggregatum a complex formal arrangement that Ritchie has described as “an attempt to create a complex formal arrangement that Ritchie has described as “an attempt to create Joined stonecrop Orostachys aggregatum Chinese dunce cap Orostachys boehmeri a landscape where different kinds of information can coexist; to convey my personal a landscape where different kinds of information can coexist; to convey my personal Chinese dunce cap Orostachys boehmeri Coral carpet Sedum album sense of how incredibly rich and complicated the world really is at every level.” sense of how incredibly rich and complicated the world really is at every level.” Coral carpet Sedum album Blue spruce stonecrop Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ Pines Blue spruce stonecrop Sedum reflexum ‘Blue Spruce’ Caucasian stonecrop Sedum spurium ‘Album Superbum’ Ritchie is well known for his elaborate, multimedia projects that variously combine Ritchie is well known for his elaborate, multimedia projects that variously combine Caucasian stonecrop Sedum spurium ‘Album Superbum’ Cobweb houseleek Sempervivum arachnoideum drawing, painting, sculpture, sound and video to explore the relationships among drawing, painting, sculpture, sound and video to explore the relationships among Cobweb houseleek Sempervivum arachnoideum many fields of inquiry, such as history, religion, science and literature. With each new many fields of inquiry, such as history, religion, science and literature. With each new Low Garden project, Ritchie shifts the focus of his artwork’s content to address its specific context. project, Ritchie shifts the focus of his artwork’s content to address its specific context. Low Garden Lead plant Amorpha canescens For example, with This Garden at This Hour, Ritchie traces the parallels between For example, with This Garden at This Hour, Ritchie traces the parallels between Lead plant Amorpha canescens Wormwood Artemesia arborescens ‘Powis Castle’ archetypal creation stories and the vital work of the FDA. The artwork’s title is an archetypal creation stories and the vital work of the FDA. The artwork’s title is an Wormwood Artemesia arborescens ‘Powis Castle’ Silver wormwood Artemesia ludovinciana allusion to John Milton’s 17th-century epic poem Paradise Lost (book 9, lines 205–06, allusion to John Milton’s 17th-century epic poem Paradise Lost (book 9, lines 205–06, Tall Grasses Silver wormwood Artemesia ludovinciana Low Gardens Lady’s leek Allium cernuum Wild Meadow “...we labor still to dress this Garden...”), the structure and themes of which Ritchie “...we labor still to dress this Garden...”), the structure and themes of which Ritchie Lady’s leek Allium cernuum Yarrow Achelliea millefolia connects to the idea of growth and change at different levels and scales. connects to the idea of growth and change at different levels and scales. Yarrow Achelliea millefolia Bird of paradise Caesalpinia pulcherrrima Bird of paradise Caesalpinia pulcherrrima Myrtle spurge Euphorbia myrsinites Described by Ritchie as “a molecular garden,” the artwork’s interlocking metal arbors, Described by Ritchie as “a molecular garden,” the artwork’s interlocking metal arbors, Myrtle spurge Euphorbia myrsinites Standing cypress Ipomopsis rubra planters, benches and hexagonal stone pavers are patterned after the structure of planters, benches and hexagonal stone pavers are patterned after the structure of Standing cypress Ipomopsis rubra Dwarf blazing star Liatris microcephala carbon, the elemental foundation of life, evoking the complex and important mission of carbon, the elemental foundation of life, evoking the complex and important mission of Dwarf blazing star Liatris microcephala Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Filigran’ the FDA through both natural and scientific building blocks. Treating the underlying roof Low Grasses the FDA through both natural and scientific building blocks. Treating the underlying roof Specimens Russian sage Perovskia atriplicifolia ‘Filigran’ Autumn sage Salvia greggii surface as an enormous canvas and working with GSA horticulturalist Darren DeStefano, surface as an enormous canvas and working with GSA horticulturalist Darren DeStefano, Autumn Sage Salvia greggii Moon carrot Seseli gummiferum Ritchie carefully selected the artwork’s plantings for their visual and sculptural qualities, Ritchie carefully selected the artwork’s plantings for their visual and sculptural qualities, Moon carrot Seseli gummiferum Lamb’s ear Stachys byzantina historic and medical uses, symbolic meanings (some of which are indicated by their historic and medical uses, symbolic meanings (some of which are indicated by their Lamb’s ear Stachys byzantina common names), and references to numerous traditions and folklores that feature common names), and references to numerous traditions and folklores that feature Low Grasses plants as both foods and medicines. The plantings range widely in scale, from tiny Low Grasses plants as both foods and medicines. The plantings range widely in scale, from tiny Low Grasses Love grass Eragrostis spectabilis sedums to towering grasses. Almost all are zygomorphic (symmetrical along a single sedums to towering grasses. Almost all are zygomorphic (symmetrical along a single Love grass Eragrostis spectabilis Wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa axis), fractally echoing both each other and the forms of the sculptures. axis), fractally echoing both each other and the forms of the sculptures. Wavy hair grass Deschampsia flexuosa Purple moor grass Molinia litorialis ‘Windspiel’ Purple moor grass Molinia litorialis ‘Windspiel’ Little blue stem Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Heaven’ The garden also represents an evolutionary timeline, moving from the deepest areas in The garden also represents an evolutionary timeline, moving from the deepest areas in Little blue stem Schizachyrium scoparium ‘Blue Heaven’ Blue moor grass Sesleria autumnalis the south (with some of the oldest plant types in the deepest soil) to the north, where the south (with some of the oldest plant types in the deepest soil) to the north, where Blue moor grass Sesleria autumnalis Prairie dropseed Sprobolis Heterolopsis the shallow depth limits choices to survival species that can thrive in four inches of soil. the shallow depth limits choices to survival species that can thrive in four inches of soil. Prairie dropseed Sprobolis Heterolopsis All three plant adaptation strategies are represented: the “competitor” that maximizes All three plant adaptation strategies are represented: the “competitor” that maximizes Tall Grasses resource acquisition, the “stress tolerator” that thrives through metabolic performance in resource acquisition, the “stress tolerator” that thrives through metabolic performance in Tall Grasses Throughwort Eupatorium hyssopofolia unproductive niches, and the “ruderal,” or genetic propagator, that survives through unproductive niches, and the “ruderal,” or genetic propagator, that survives through Throughwort Eupatorium hyssopofolia Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum rapid completion of its lifecycle in disturbed areas. Ritchie’s intention is for the plantings rapid completion of its lifecycle in disturbed areas. Ritchie’s intention is for the plantings Compass Plant Silphium laciniatum Switchgrass Panicum virgatum ‘North Wind’ to migrate and change naturally as they vie for resources, producing a “wild garden,” an to migrate and change naturally as they vie for resources, producing a “wild garden,” an Wild Meadow Switchgrass Panicum virgatum ‘North Wind’ Shenandoah switchgrass Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ ever-changing landscape of evolutionary competition at work, exploiting every part of ever-changing landscape of evolutionary competition at work, exploiting every part of Shenandoah switchgrass Panicum virgatum ‘Shenandoah’ the ecological triangle. the ecological triangle. Wild Meadow Wild Meadow Licorice mint Agastache rupestris By placing this artwork outside and having it include living plants, Ritchie has ensured Wild Meadow By placing this artwork outside and having it include living plants, Ritchie has ensured Licorice mint Agastache rupestris Giant hyssop Agastache ‘Black Adder’ this garden will be experienced very differently from a conventional indoor artwork, this garden will be experienced very differently from a conventional indoor artwork, Giant hyssop Agastache ‘Black Adder’ Ornamental onion Allium schuberti

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