The garden begins where the curtain moves.
RIBBON GARDEN: Green Currents is an original photograph by John DeFaro for Green Religion. Green ribbon, string and yarn cross the frame like leaves, currents and shifting light. Human-made materials enter the living garden, becoming momentarily inseparable from what grows around them.
Much of the ribbon came from The Things Lab, a celebrated Miami reuse project whose nomadic pop-ups, community workshops and imaginative recirculation of materials have inspired Green Religion.
Hundreds of these fragments now embellish the patio overhang at DeFaro’s Miami home. Together they form a suspended curtain between shelter and garden, both barrier and invitation.
In Green Currents, ribbon resembles leaf, fiber becomes vine, and the found becomes newly alive.
Offered as an open-edition canvas photograph created exclusively for Green Religion. Each canvas is produced on demand, helping reduce unnecessary overproduction while supporting Green Religion’s work in art, climate awareness and eco-storytelling.