Do plants possess culture?

Hi Rene, Jackie and kids,

I thought I would upload an image of my work! I know you and Jackie have asked me numerous time to share some of my work with you so here is a taste.


The image of the two video frames blending together are from a video piece I made in 2004. The title of the video is called Dislocation. The video is three and a half minutes long and was shot in a linear, documentative way with some special effects such as the blending. By documenting the process and act of taking soil from one part of the city to another, the video's concep, poetically speaks of transculturation and diasphora as it affects people of non-western world coming into contact with the western world.

It had not occured to me to think of this but after becoming involved with Double Rock Garden and Permaculture I wonder if plants and dirt carry with them a simmilar aura? What happens when plants or dirt are transplanted from one part of the city to another? With people there are numerous changes that occur to the place where they move to and to their very own nature. Some of these changes have to do with social and political adjustments; however with plants not much is known or do plants possess culture?

-David