
At "The Garden - End of Times; Beginning of Time," a three-part exhibition staged by Denmark's ARoS Aarhus Art Museum, artists show off their green thumbs.
"There was a media storm around this piece," said director of the ARoS museum Erlend Hoyersten. "People were telling us the paint was toxic and we were polluting nature and so on...We explained, ' this is a lawn, a man-made lawn." The pink lawn sits on the lower part of the city park (Mindeparken) in Aarhus and is by artist Katharina Grosse
"There was a media storm around this piece," said director of the ARoS museum Erlend Hoyersten. "People were telling us the paint was toxic and we were polluting nature and so on...We explained, ' this is a lawn, a man-made lawn." The pink lawn sits on the lower part of the city park (Mindeparken) in Aarhus and is by artist Katharina Grosse

A vertical lawn by acclaimed British duo Ackroyd & Harvey blurs the line between art and nature.

This garden by LA-based artist Doug Aitken is a living, breathing piece of art. The outer part resembles a dense forest and inside is a transparent room, based on an anger room where individuals can destroy anything and everything around them.

"Deutsche Bank Henbane" is part of the series called "Investment
Bank Flowerpots" by artist group Superflex. The series consists of models of headquarters operated by the world's 20 largest investment banks. Each model serves as a flower pot for a hallucinogenic plant.
Bank Flowerpots" by artist group Superflex. The series consists of models of headquarters operated by the world's 20 largest investment banks. Each model serves as a flower pot for a hallucinogenic plant.

Per Kristian Nygård used a wooden frame overlaid with plastic sheeting, a lot of soil and even more grass seeds to complete this installation, titled "Not Red But Green."

Helen Mayer Harrison and Newton Harrison originally installed this miniature pasture at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts in the '70s. "We attempted to introduce a small hog to our pasture," the artists wrote on their website. "The museum refused." Hence the works name, "Hog Pasture."

Meg Webster's "Solar Grow Room" is a self -sustaining ecosystem positioned in the gallery's main room. This eclectic assortment of plants -- lettuce, herbs, flowers -- were grown under LED lights powered by solar panels inside the gallery.

A close up of Webster's "Solar Grow Room."

Rune Bosse painstakingly dissected branches of a tree and plaited parts of them back together. She framed the plaited pieces in glass then reassembled the tree.

The Bjarke Ingels Group's take on a garden installation is titled "SKUM."


