Filed under: Art, Phoenix | Tags: Art, Downtown Phoenix, Flora, Global Community, Greater Good, imagine, Learning, Phoenix, Valley of the Sunflowers
Yellow! Well, not quite yet. Yes, this is another update on Valley of the Sunflowers, my favorite local project right now, in the heart of downtown Phoenix. You can see my September shots, when the field was being readied for planting, and my October shots, soon after the seeds were sown, and compare them with my November shots, the other day, right here.
Look! It’s a field of green.
See how tall some of them are already?
That’s Bioscience High School in the background where the students will be using the sunflower oil to make biodiesel fuel for their hybrid vehicle.
The sunflowers in this post are from across the street at Roosevelt Growhouse, a community garden. Kenny Barrett, a local artist who started the Growhouse, was the driving force behind Valley of the Sunflowers.
And soon there should be a lot of these at Valley of the Sunflowers:
*Oh, and unfortunately, their Kickstarter did not raise enough money so was not funded 
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I love that project and certainly hope it goes well! I remember raising some great sunflowers when I lived there.
Comment by montucky November 11, 2011 @ 8:59 pmWhat a cool project! I had no idea you could fuel a hybrid with them. Makes sense if you can do it with corn products, I guess.
Comment by Eva November 12, 2011 @ 8:53 amVery interesting and good project! I hope it will be very successful! Sunflowers are great!
Comment by NiceArtLife.com November 13, 2011 @ 3:56 amA very good series on this project that sounds so practical and beautiful at the same time. A wonderful aspect of that school.
Comment by Don November 13, 2011 @ 8:24 amIt’s fun to see the progress of this project! That field is going to be very impressive! I feel like I get to drop back into summer when I visit your blog
Comment by Anna November 14, 2011 @ 12:52 pmHere in the SF Bay Area, we’ve had weeks of foggy mornings. Today, however, I woke up and the sun was shining! After church, I went out to count bees for the first time. I didn’t note the day the first leaf appeared, or the day the first flower bloomed, but I did notice lots of bees today! I went out to the garden to pick a tomato and all the sunflowers had bees. I’m very excited about this project.
Comment by mercadeo en linea November 26, 2011 @ 2:41 pmWir wünschen ein GESUNDES NEUES JAHR 2012. Freundliche Grüße, Gisela und Wolfgang.
Comment by Wolfgang December 29, 2011 @ 1:58 pmBlog:http://wolfgangpowerpoint.wordpress.com/
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