Rendering of Swale, a floating edible forest
We’re very excited about this floating installation coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park, Governors Island and more locations in New York City this summer, starting June 28th if all goes well. As seen on Brooklyn Based, Swale will be a floating forest on a barge where visitors can actually pick their own food which they can keep at no cost. The floating barge will be irrigated from water from the New York harbor, harbored through the wetlands built onto the barge.
While there may be some initial similarities with +POOL, the floating barge pool that’s in the works for the East River in the attempt to reuse harbor water, Swale is both sculpture and tool, the project organizers describe, providing “free healthy public food at the intersection of public art and service.
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