I have been cultivating a weed. I did not realise it was a weed when it sprouted within a pot on my balcony. It looked nice, and even when a friend pointed out that it was a weed I didn’t mind. It is not a weed somewhere I thought. Rhododendrons, (introduced in the 1700’s), are weeds in Ireland. The ‘weed’ is any plant which is essentially unwanted, invasive and usually from somewhere else, non-native. The weed can be defined also by the fact that it usually requires no tending, it is tough, adaptable, and persistent and it is self-seeding. It is also insidious, colonising difficult interstitial spaces, cracks in concrete, the edges of walls, and the roofs of buildings. A singular definer of the ‘weed’ is its capacity to spread quickly and colonise new areas readily. - from the curators essay by Sean Kelly meme ii kellys garden by Marie Sierra Kellys Garden Curated Projects #16 KELLYS GARDEN Until Friday 28 February 2014 9:00am - 5:00pm weekdays salarts.org.au/events/meme-ii-kellys-garden/
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:15:01 +0000
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