September 20, 2018 Alizarin Zroob

Developing Technologies for Urban Gardening Final project and prototype proposition Queenz Greenz is a gift kit designed to make gardening appealing and approachable to young audience. Living in urban areas the youth is out of touch with nature, and unaware how enjoyable and crucial for our existence it is. Talking to a dismissive generation, it was most important to catch its short attention with every cliché attention-grabbing technique: emojis and memes, nudity and suggestive language. Behind the provocation, Queenz Greenz is an actually useful kit for the local urban gardener. It includes a selection of seeds curated specifically for Queens,…

September 14, 2018 Alizarin Zroob

An exploration of the vegetation in the New York City neighborhood LIC scouting for guerrilla gardening sites Vegetation is more than just lovely: it’s our most important ally on earth. Yes! Even before robots. Vegetation sometimes provides us with nutrition, and almost always provides us with oxygen. Therefore we should cherish it, coexist with it, and help it thrive, globally and also locally. That’s only one reason to engage in guerrilla gardening. A concept new to me, discussed in an elective NYU class I’m participating in “Developing Technologies For Urban Gardens” with professor Vanessa Harden. Guerrilla gardening is basically using vacant…