This is part of a series of 17 geocaches placed near outdoor art installations. The geocaches will only be available until mid-October. For other geocaches in the series, see the bookmark list UCA 2018. You may also find helpful the following guide to the UCA geocaches: (link to google drive document).
Artist requests we park in her driveway for safety along the road.
Stop 16: Row by Row by Eileen Boyd
Artist's description of the installation: Berwick defines itself as “The Apple Capital of Nova Scotia” in both its historical and contemporary vision. Living in the area I am surrounded by farmlands and a walk in any direction will lead me past a variety of orchards. Fields of old fruit trees, acres of trendy new dwarf varieties, stands of mature favourites and abandoned orchards of apple types that are no longer in fashion, surround the Town of Berwick. All of the trees, both old and new, are planted in long, neat, continuous rows.
Occasionally, in the abandoned fields, you will find just a few old trees. If you stand in one perfect spot you can view the straight lines, but if you move to any other place the trees appear to be placed randomly. In that spot, you can picture what used to occupy that line of sight, which is a lineage of the area’s history written in fruit trees.
The location I have chosen for my project was once an orchard belonging to the family that built our home. It is now a field of wild grasses and alders. I have reconstructed a few of those of trees, painting them different colors to depict the many varieties of apples that have been developed and grown over the years. The viewpoint (or line of sight) to see my project is from an old barn foundation wall. From any other viewpoint the painted trees appear to be randomly placed.