Weather Gardens
A garden installation and collection

Weather Gardens is a space for collecting animals and vegetables from different climatic eras and zones. These gardens recreate past climactic conditions that are knowable through ice core data. From the “Little Ice Age,” when Frost Fairs were regularly held on the Thames, to the warm-weather Jurassic reptiles roaming the countryside and munching on leafy ferns, the planet has experienced the effects of a vast range of climatic conditions.

This garden space will link to dynamic weather events installed in real time and space: a cold and hot capsule of seasons, replicas of extinct animals-to-be, plantings from seeds saved by allotment gardeners, mutant versions of vegetables past, and sounds of extreme weather.