On a Friday this summer, the gb&d team got to play in the dirt, in order to create this issue’s cover image. It was a messy four hours, and it took a couple days to get the dirt out from under our fingernails, but it was worth it. Chicago’s Gethsemane Garden Center let us run wild in its greenhouses; we pulled varieties from every section to ‘plant’ the letters one at a time. Although it only made one appearance, one of our favorite plants was the Begonia ‘Escargot,’ though we just called it “the Tim Burton plant.”
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We mixed various textures and colors to create a feeling that the plants were growing “wild;” however, Eileen later informed us that most of the plants we were putting next to each other wouldn’t actually be planted together.
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Aaron stood on a ladder to direct where soil needed to be filled in or where edges of the letters had to be sharpened.
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Our photo editor Sam had to stand on a ladder to get the right angle for the shot. Photo: Jessica from Gesthemane Garden Center
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The gb&d team (from left: Samantha, Timothy, Melanie, Aaron) with Eileen (far right) from Gethsemane Garden Center.