This meadow-like research garden at the heart of campus, including student-built public furniture and a field station for cultural activity, will demonstrate how agricultural systems can integrate into our daily lives and urban green spaces. Producing fibres from mostly-native plants, this focus on regenerative, pre-colonial fibre traditions will further research on sustainability in textiles, UBC's work towards climate resilience and decolonization, and community experiential learning.
Faculty lead: Germaine Koh, Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts
Staff lead: Simone Levy, Urban Design Planner, Campus + Community Planning
Co-lead: Renée Lussier, Landscape Architect, Campus + Community Planning
To learn more, take a look at UBC Campus as a Living Lab, Fabric of Campus Fibre Garden.