The event will take place from 6pm to 9pm on the 25^th of June. 

Presentations and a public conversation exploring Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg’s Pollinator Pathmaker as a living artwork, asking whether a garden can be understood as an artwork, and what it means to see it in this way. Developed by artist Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Pollinator Pathmaker is an artwork designed for pollinators rather than for human aesthetic preferences. Using a bespoke algorithm developed with scientists, horticulturalists and ecologists, the project creates planting schemes that prioritise the needs of bees, butterflies and other pollinating species, repositioning humans as caretakers rather than primary audiences. The event emerges from an interdisciplinary UKRI-funded research project centered on a network of Pollinator Pathmaker gardens created in Constantine, Cornwall. Bringing together University of Exeter and the University of Edinburgh researchers across ecology, philosophy and social science, the project is one of the first in the UK to place an artwork at the centre of scientific enquiry, exploring not simply the ecological effects of the gardens, but also the social, philosophical and cultural questions they raise.

A vegan meal is included in the ticket price