100 Cauliflowers
A public art project on the Greenwich Peninsula, created by artist Kerry Morrison in collaboration with local residents, schoolchildren and their families, as part of Stream's Peninsula programme of commissions.
The artist researched environmental issues on the Peninsula, engaging with residents and experts in ecology, regeneration, agriculture, local history and weather systems. The current regeneration of the area, with few if any spaces to "grow your own", and its history of marketing gardening and cultivating cauliflowers, provided the inspiration for the project.
The artist worked with local residents to create a public allotment in the shadow of the 02 and to grow 100 cauliflowers, which were harvested, cooked and eaten at a community feast in May 2008, alongside other events and workshops.
Produced in association with Art on the Greenwich Peninsula