Co-designed with the Gardens' curator, this banner serves as a textile record of the Dame Sylvia Crowe Garden's first 5 years of planting. From a pesticide-laden 'wasteland' in 2020, the garden has been painstakingly cared for by a passionate group of volunteer gardeners and urban horticulturists. The banner was co-created during a workshop session let by Christie Swallow and Rhea Martin,  where past volunteers and current participants contributed to monoprinting with solarfast and natural dyeing with pigment derived from the garden, all on organic textiles donated by the wider community. The final piece sets out the story of the garden through live biota colouring the fibres and reproductions of key moments. Prints from the autumnal falling leaves bring together this unique community space.

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