The Urban Garden

Downtown, Seattle, WA

Located at the NW corner of 7th Avenue & Union Street in downtown Seattle. Several types of giant flowers will bloom atop a large (9' tall x 7' wide) steel flowerpot. In the course of a 15 minute cycle, after they are periodically watered by a watering can, the stalk of blue flowers will open and close. A viewing window will enable viewers to see the interior mechanisms at work. The flowerpot saucer will provide seating, as well as nearby benches. Completed July, 2011.

Evening photograph of The Urban Garden at the corner of 7th and Union St in downtown Seattle. Installation completed in 2011.

Sketches, fabrication and installation of the Urban Garden on the corner of 6th and Union in downtown Seattle.

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Press

KCPQ Q13 TV, Ginny Ruffner and The Urban Garden, Seattle, WA.

NWCN TV, Urban Garden, Seattle, WA.

Watch the video

Daily Journal of Commerce, Sheraton transforms 7th Avenue with a garden, Jennifer Guthrie, Seattle, WA

Seattle Met blog; Culture Fiend, New Seattle Public Art, Ginny Ruffner's The Urban Garden, Lisa Han, Seattle, WA

SeattleRex.com, daily entry

Puget Sound Business Journal blog, Soon: giant flowerpot sculpture on a Seattle corner, Patti Payne, Seattle, WA

Puget Sound Business Journal, "Soon: giant flowerpot sculpture on a Seattle Corner," Patti Payne

Puget Sound Business Journal, “Sheraton to put a 'garden walk' on 7th"