House & Garden: A Wild Spot, 1992




A glass covered, hand-welded steel frame “greenhouse” was placed over one of many automatic sprinkler heads in a well-maintained public park.  The grass inside grew lush and high, while the grass outside was meticulously mowed. A lilac bush was planted outside the greenhouse, sign of an abandoned homestead when scouting for ruins in the mountains. Bluff Park, St. Joseph, MI.
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