Working in the village’s communal garden gives people the chance to work together, talk, share common activities, and take care of the plants. Gardening is looking after the landscape and our environment, an important element in communal life. The village garden gives us the opportunity to reflect upon the landscape as arranged and shaped by man. All this reflects the fact that in the latest geological age, the so-called Anthropocene era, human activity will also shape the natural environment all around us. The garden – planted with varieties that will resist the harsh winters here – can be compared to the school of Epicurus, an ancient philosopher, also a garden. The ancient philosopher taught in his green plot on the edge of Athens. And though the garden was far from the city centre, it was not marked by isolation. The garden was open to everyone, and allowed all its visitors to get a sense of perspective on the goings on in town. In a similar way, Hello Wood’s communal garden gives us a chance to think about mankind and its role in the landscape.
Team leaders: Alfredo Ramirez, Clara Oloriz, Liam Mouritz (Groundlab)
Team: Marina Morón Frápolli, Viktoria Hevesi, Laszlo Tamas, Vivien Neoh, Kàtia Llabata Assmann, Rachel Loughrey, Sylvia Winter, Cezar Cernea, Bassem Abi Saad, Raul Bielsa, Francesca Fiormonte
Photos: Tamás Bujnovszky