Chained Roses 1

Public Garden, Broad and South Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - August 5, 2005.

Philadelphia Green has a program to support public gardens in areas of the city where there are abandoned lots. At this garden, smack in the center of downtown Philadelphia, there is a lovely garden with mosaic sculptures around the neatly tended vegetables and flowers. Unfortunately, due to security, they have to keep the garden fenced in and locked. I could not even find the sign which names the park, but I will post more info. if I can find it.

Looking at this garden on the way to my job, it gave me an idea to shoot through the fence at the flowers, and to explore the effects of focus and fences. This is a continuation of my experimentation on urban greenscapes - people and plants on the edges.

D.