Joan Bankemper greenmuseum.org  :  The Achemical Garden  :  Artist Garden    
   
Sophie's Garden ArtPace rooftop, San Antonio, TX, 1998

598 pots of mammoth sunflowers. These gardens reveal the complex relationship between humans and nature that is reflected in the contemporary urban landscape.

 
Medicinal Garden , Art in the Anchorage, Brooklyn, NY, 1995

A public garden project that emphasizes the healing potential of herbal medicine and the history of women practicing healing arts. This piece is designed in the shape of the human body and the layout was guided by the seven Hindu chakras, energy centers of the body. Herbs were planted in direct correspondence to the parts of the body that they would consider helpful for healing.