Analogous Herbage.

A farm in Nebraska is a long long way from the streets of Harlem - both geographically and ideologically. But I couldn't help but make a simple connection yesterday when I was out cruising around the farm.



This is a rendering of the streetscape I worked on in Harlem. We spent some time fighting for this kind of tree planting - clustered for increased biomass and settled on a non-traditional Kentucky Coffeetree because of it's connected root system and tendency to clump together.


















Here is the same Kentucky Coffeetree formation in a windbreak on the farm. It is a common species and form throughout the midwest landscape. Images of this came to my mind often when I was working on the streetscape. It is often surprising to discover the genesis of the forms we create and even more surprising to discover that the most simple of observations can apply themselves in unexpected and seemingly unconnected places and conditions.