Prospect Park is giving the spotlight to their long-neglected Rose Garden, a little-known area in the northeast corner that’s become overgrown and ignored in recent years. To help bring it back to life, they’ve unveiled a large-scale public art installation, featuring a field of 7,000 pinwheels… and counting, as the public is allowed to make additional pinwheels for the area. (The pinwheels are made of weather-resistant, compostable paper made from stone dust.) The Park notes that “150 years later, the Rose Garden will be experienced again in grand fashion, full of color and whimsy, a nod to the creative spirit that pervades Brooklyn and Reddy’s practice.”
The unveiling comes during the Park’s 150th anniversary year, and…
