tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33441893533975092002024-02-19T06:51:30.568-08:00Brooklyn Plant WalkElizabeth Whalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652046982769704081noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3344189353397509200.post-25304849086093588062008-05-30T20:34:00.000-07:002008-09-10T22:56:22.566-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8MuiLWgHDBlnU5puqSu-_g7aeYZZLNun49ZB2rT80ws9HiHX2u9R6OlPv5-WX8pTeviuPHc3Jac4lfO1qjQ1soTP7hFnnIk_7NCHmIO53HoPtwMkbUGAuLiu55ayHz8gLuw7QlGo7QyJ/s1600-h/cranes+and+condos-east+river+park.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210360451960563586" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8MuiLWgHDBlnU5puqSu-_g7aeYZZLNun49ZB2rT80ws9HiHX2u9R6OlPv5-WX8pTeviuPHc3Jac4lfO1qjQ1soTP7hFnnIk_7NCHmIO53HoPtwMkbUGAuLiu55ayHz8gLuw7QlGo7QyJ/s200/cranes+and+condos-east+river+park.jpg" border="0" height="96" width="169" /></a></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Self-Guided, Off-Site Project</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Thursday Sept. 11 4 - 6 p.m.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Friday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg47rUW-t6cTGvHBHUmd0A70NunICfEA_U1DGYon_-fWOP7EmDqTsOeL_74QqHrldSTHh3LQAPI2KSjQ2Pcr0l6CDabeEyrJmmLFKYfitKAIkPuoqfKl_QMf2VJqzr9-exV__gKTEltrZ/s1600-h/Park+through+fence.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207362827279074882" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 135px; cursor: pointer; height: 103px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGg47rUW-t6cTGvHBHUmd0A70NunICfEA_U1DGYon_-fWOP7EmDqTsOeL_74QqHrldSTHh3LQAPI2KSjQ2Pcr0l6CDabeEyrJmmLFKYfitKAIkPuoqfKl_QMf2VJqzr9-exV__gKTEltrZ/s200/Park+through+fence.jpg" border="0" /></a>A park by the East River is an evocative site for a<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">dérive</span> into a psychic zone created by vestiges of the industrial past, present industrial activities, rapid gentrification, and traces of the natural world.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAFR29bNQSHsvJsccD__eSAm7C3pjWRufZ8s1FBiD_mlVNiZpZGHn2rCz7mYXipImHR-3w_CLbVQ7__wPryKW6DJMmjYHm_VrSn64Go85mzuONS8ViC_2mBQXVke-zSoM9Vl_x_JYG1pE/s1600-h/Yarrow+and+tickseed.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 112px; height: 170px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEAFR29bNQSHsvJsccD__eSAm7C3pjWRufZ8s1FBiD_mlVNiZpZGHn2rCz7mYXipImHR-3w_CLbVQ7__wPryKW6DJMmjYHm_VrSn64Go85mzuONS8ViC_2mBQXVke-zSoM9Vl_x_JYG1pE/s200/Yarrow+and+tickseed.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244246767414458482" border="0" /></a><br /> Participants may use an audio guide<br /> and a field guide, with pictures of some of the flowers that<br /> might be spotted in the park in September, as companions to their explorations. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzChkkFmKo0ysZsoS5a-E4dMQaZMyXSOr41wiBxq2xGMpq_LXGWTsVFz3XnLwoYwCx_g2kCl_uyyS2PUhRNQLnPev-9nbQeZSA6fkCUYyS6TgnDM1jEUF1nx9kcJrca_BZVSpCEhv7UGXF/s1600-h/Green+milkweed-block+and+skyline.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5208994653391815842" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 122px; cursor: pointer; height: 163px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzChkkFmKo0ysZsoS5a-E4dMQaZMyXSOr41wiBxq2xGMpq_LXGWTsVFz3XnLwoYwCx_g2kCl_uyyS2PUhRNQLnPev-9nbQeZSA6fkCUYyS6TgnDM1jEUF1nx9kcJrca_BZVSpCEhv7UGXF/s200/Green+milkweed-block+and+skyline.JPG" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgHC67BUTlJZgrCygNoiXQv5y8STVqJxf9iWqbv8DJb16n6X9dfzKC4AUgPtFEnL-Fbd-7khLatcNs-pczNB1j7l6_76wmZ8Dyoje3kdoxJXsZwAkGHFhe4v0pWaw45UZbImkcu0Q5Fph/s1600-h/Soapwort+Gentian+resized.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207370291932235362" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 141px; cursor: pointer; height: 127px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRgHC67BUTlJZgrCygNoiXQv5y8STVqJxf9iWqbv8DJb16n6X9dfzKC4AUgPtFEnL-Fbd-7khLatcNs-pczNB1j7l6_76wmZ8Dyoje3kdoxJXsZwAkGHFhe4v0pWaw45UZbImkcu0Q5Fph/s200/Soapwort+Gentian+resized.jpg" border="0" /></a>Rare and endangered plant species native to this habitat are represented by small painted rocks and pieces of rubble which will be hidden around the park where they might want to grow if they could.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />A map will help participants locate these small effigies of disappearing life.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1oTCeaXj8hQ-wwVY4XpBWW0Cd_79jzB6jbM90XRtCPX07qeb7eC_uY-AMnGB-oiLBgRR47zVkP6M8Lpr8AP9wuLt53E_83GKe4OgLRJ4MzD98xWYb9awTD3JRWmiBVtpTeMwTxi3SijV/s1600-h/Cement+blocks+in+park-1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207366873138267730" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 159px; cursor: pointer; height: 97px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp1oTCeaXj8hQ-wwVY4XpBWW0Cd_79jzB6jbM90XRtCPX07qeb7eC_uY-AMnGB-oiLBgRR47zVkP6M8Lpr8AP9wuLt53E_83GKe4OgLRJ4MzD98xWYb9awTD3JRWmiBVtpTeMwTxi3SijV/s200/Cement+blocks+in+park-1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />By closely observing the great variety of plants in the park and being aware of the plants <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXS7WSN4MNvWNKcr-uJDmNCEdpwTb1HlNuCUIj3GJDOHC4i1ErWHnEXEJhyphenhypheniw2jNGRyQjgcjC5EK5OAYez3pZrAXZ6CU4wbqK6_VqrsCY48Uu0G7pyXHvZGAuvHR6XZnv5VtZnsaSv_Dr/s1600-h/JohnnyJumpup+scan+001+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5207380823192045170" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; width: 73px; cursor: pointer; height: 98px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXS7WSN4MNvWNKcr-uJDmNCEdpwTb1HlNuCUIj3GJDOHC4i1ErWHnEXEJhyphenhypheniw2jNGRyQjgcjC5EK5OAYez3pZrAXZ6CU4wbqK6_VqrsCY48Uu0G7pyXHvZGAuvHR6XZnv5VtZnsaSv_Dr/s200/JohnnyJumpup+scan+001+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a>that could be there but aren’t, perhaps the <span style="font-style: italic;">dérivists</span> will have an altered perception of the site. Perhaps they will notice how our perception of a space is influenced by the way plants grow in it.<br /><br />Sightings and observations of native Brooklyn plants may be submitted to <a href="mailto:brooklynplantwalk@gmail.com">brooklynplantwalk@gmail.com</a> for inclusion on the slideshow.Elizabeth Whalleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02652046982769704081noreply@blogger.com0