Do this tonight: Brooklyn Botanic Garden
See photos of the process after the jump.
Three weeks ago artist Patrick Dougherty and a group of volunteers set out for Staten Island to harvest 5 truck loads of an invasive, non-native willow species to use in the installation he spent the month of August building at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Visitors were welcome to observe the process, and the finishing touches were made last Friday, a few days ahead of schedule. Doughtery has made structures of this kind before, and describes this particular set of woven willow domes as “lairs for feral children and wayward adults.” They’ll be up all year and in all seasons to celebrate BBG’s centennial.
Check them out this Wednesday and then stay for BBG’s first ever movie night, kicking off appropriately with the 1986 cult musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS (don’t forget Bill Murray’s cameo as the pain-loving dentist’s patient). The movie will follow 15 minutes of vintage film footage of the BBG from the 1920s – 50s. Right now it’s members only, but hopefully they’ll extend their outdoor screenings in the sublime cherry esplanade to the public soon.
