Teenagers are making boats using the wood from her grove installation at Madison Square Park, and the artist is happy that the work is seeing a new life.
Whether transplanting forests of dying trees or moving mounds of earth, the artist is pushing into new terrain 40 years after she burst onto the scene with her Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Her public art installation at Madison Square Park, opening in June, will focus on the so-called ghost forests that have died off because of climate change.