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Join us at the opening reception for Uncut Grass: A Floral Exploration of American Landscapes and the Relationship to Climate Change

About the Exhibit:

A while back, Charity Coleman Harrison stopped mowing a patch of her lawn. Just to see what would happen.

What grew was Philadelphia fleabane. A wildflower she didn't plant and didn't ask for, but immediately admired for its beauty. It just showed up, because she finally got out of the way. That one plant taught her something she hasn't stopped thinking about since: beauty was already there, just underground. It was waiting for her to relinquish control and leave it alone.

That philosophy became the whole point of this show.

Over the past year, Charity has been digging deeper into Maryland ecology and plant life—as a painter, someone training to be a Master Gardener, and a foodscape designer. The more time she spends with plants, the more she believes they're not just scenery. They respond. They adapt. They endure. Over time, she's come to see plants as conscious beings, and believes there's a lot to learn from them — the same way we learn from each other.

Uncut Grass is Charity's effort to paint that. These pieces ask what happens when we stop intervening. When a lawn becomes a habitat instead of a chore. When a "weed" becomes a wildflower. When free flowers become food for bees, just because nobody pulled them out. It costs nothing to let it happen, and it gives so much back. Less lawn. More life.