PICNIC POINT . GOVERNOR'S ISLAND, NEW YORK HARBOR
HAMMOCK GARDEN
In 2008, as Governor’s Island was becoming increasingly more accessible to the public while the implementation of the Landscape Master Plan was still many years from commencement, the Governor’s Island Preservation and Education Corporation sought to improve the southwest corner of the island as a destination for parkgoers. Local Office Landscape Architecture was commissioned to design a temporary landscape in this eight-acre space with sunset vistas of the lower harbor and the Statue of Liberty.
Picnic Point includes a multiuse sand box, swingset garden, a series of recycled-container cabanas designed by LOT-EK, an organic community farm run by Added Value, movable hammocks, picnic tables, and benches nestled amongst remnant plane trees, and an event space lawn.
PICNIC LAWN
PLAN AND LOCATION
CABANAS SEEN FROM THE COMMUNITY FARM
FARMED BY NYC PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSES, THE COMMUNITY GARDEN STOCKS A WEEKEND FARMER'S MARKET
SWINGS WITH A VIEW