Winter Garden is a collaborative art project for creating a winter garden in the middle of the dark season “kaamos”. The Winter Garden is located in F-house, Gallery Lyhty, from December 5th to December 19th, 2017. The plants will be the exhibition guests, enjoying plant light, watering, and care. People can also join me in caring for the plants. The plants can be picked up during the second week of January. Taking care of plants is a narrative practice. I have already learned this when receiving people’s plants into care. There are many stories about how the plants have coped during vacation time, surrounded by water sources and a chain of watering carers. Many plants are gifts from colleagues or relatives, given on significant days like the 60th birthday or other major milestones. I hope to capture one or two of these stories on Vimeo. I have been happy and impressed by receiving plants for the winter garden. Many thanks to those who brought their plants! Please, if you still have plants, just bring them over. A good innovation is to use a cooler box to protect the plant during transport.


