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Queer botany

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/11/2024 19:19

I know this was touched on a few months ago in relation to an exhibition at Kew, and I didn't understand it then either. Recently we went to the National Trust Tudor property Sutton House in Homerton (well worth a visit, btw). The adjacent tiny parcel of land was donated to the NT on condition that this former scrapyard was turned into a garden, which was done a couple of years ago. Very nice it looks too. However, it is apparently an example of queer botany. Why? Can anyone explain this to me in extremely simple terms? Does it simply mean that some of the people involved in designing and planting it identify as queer and a few of the plants have assocation with gay icons? It surely isn't implying anything about sexual reproduction, is it?

https://www.queerbotany.com/projects/platinum-garden

platinum garden — queer botany

Built in 1535, Sutton House is a Tudor manor house on Homerton High Street, in the  London Borough of Hackney. The adjacent Breaker's Yard was once a car-breaker’s yard. Because of this, the plants there need to be able to grow in poor s...

https://www.queerbotany.com/projects/platinum-garden

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thedefinitionofmadness · 15/11/2024 19:31

"However, it is apparently an example of queer botany. Why? Can anyone explain this to me in extremely simple terms?"

Queer Botany is the name of the artists collective who were commissioned.

Does it simply mean that some of the people involved in designing and planting it identify as queer?

Yes.
and there is a link to the approach Derek Jarman took in creating planting in an inhospitable landscape. An art historical reference if you will

It surely isn't implying anything about sexual reproduction, is it? No.

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Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 15/11/2024 19:29

I looked at the home page of Queer Botany. There were words there. They didn't seem to work together to impart meaning in the way that I'm used to seeing.

Queer Botany is an ecocritical project that studies and affirms connections between queerness and nature. The project emerges from the theoretical lens of queer ecology, which brings together queer theory and eco-criticism. Queer Botany particularly focuses on the LGBTQ+ community and connecting to plant life. The project aims to share marginalised perspectives and support more diverse representations in the environmental movement and the outdoors.

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heldinadream · 15/11/2024 19:26

There's a link on that page to Queer Botany that explains it. I just read it.
No, I didn't understand it, it's word salad. Ooo - salad, botany, wet lettuce - am I getting closer? No? Ah well. 😂It's an amusing read.

Bannedontherun · 15/11/2024 19:21

Nah just more virtue signalling.