A ROOM FOR PLANTING AND SOCIALISING
During the summer 200 terracotta pots were allocated to 45 local residents for growing flowers and herbs. Pots were placed in shelves that enclose the space.

This triangular shaped site located adjacent to a busy road and at the edge of a large housing estate was over-grown with vegetation and attracted rubbish dumping and other anti-social behaviour. In 2008, What if were commissioned by Shoreditch Trust to transform the site into a community space. The space was conceived as a room, with walls created from vertically stacked plants, protecting the inside from the noise and pollution of the traffic.

The garden was commissioned as a temporary intervention and closed when the site was sold in 2009.