"The beauty, resilience, and fierce power of nature have always inspired artists. Ebony G. Pattersons exhibition ".things come to thrive.in the shedding.in the molting." invokes this same awe, even as it compels our visitors to contemplate the ugliness of the human impulse to consume and control. For the first time, Pattersons art is presented simultaneously across gardens and galleries, where her creative vision, which generally incorporates a profusion of tapestries, faux plants, clothing, shoes, collaged paper illustrations, and photographs, all encrusted and adorned with costume jewelry, sewing notions, and oceans of glitter, occupies expansive space and incorporates living plants.

Through Pattersons work, I hope visitors will gain new perspective on the potential for renewal and healing that is possible in acknowledging the less conventionally beautiful sides of nature and of ourselves." -- Foreword, page 7.