If you’re looking for a quiet place to read or contemplate life, the Prince George Public Library’s Knowledge Garden is once again open to the public.
This is also the first summer residents will be able to get up close with the Knowledge Garden’s new interactive art installation.
The garden itself is situated between the Bob Harkins Branch and the Prince George Civic Centre in Canada Games Plaza.
In Dec. 2019, Prince George-based artist Griffith Aaron Baker’s artwork was installed, however, at the time, the Knowledge Garden was closed for the season.
The artwork is composed of four ravens formed from scrap steel and a Victorian-style antique lamppost standing 12 feet tall.
The crossbars of the lamppost, which two of the ravens are perched upon, also spin via a steering wheel, allowing visitors to interact with the art piece.
That lamppost is also bolted to a concrete base where one of Aesop’s Fables is inscribed.
Baker explained, as his work was being put into place six months ago, this was done to compliment the stepping stones around the garden that feature quotations from various authors.
Baker’s artwork was selected with the help of a 2017 program called Neighborhood Time Exchange.
The library says the piece was chosen because it explores the themes of curiosity and playfulness, contributes to a welcoming public space, fits with other features in the Knowledge Garden, evokes classic stories and poems, and was created with attention to how it will age over time.
The garden is open from Tuesday to Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Prince George Public Library is asking visitors to the garden to practice social distancing and to not visit if they’re unwell.
