The centerpiece of the Garden is As The Year Turns, a circle of 16 video monitors. Within the circle of monitors are images of the natural world, filmed at three beautiful gardens, and two farms over the course of a year so that each monitor is a window into a single season, four each for winter, spring, summer and fall. The images were filmed with a camera on a rotating mount, showing a dramatic panorama of the changing season. Visitors sit on the bench in the center of the circle and look straight ahead. A full year passes in six minutes, since the floor and the bench are motorized, turning gently at the same speed the camera was panning. This lovely, contemplative piece provides a window on one year's changes to the natural world. A separate video station introduces the people who tend these gardens, explaining how to create beautiful, sustainable gardens.

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