Accidental green

Item

Pellettieri, Maura. 2011. “Accidental Green”. Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries, Urban Books, accessed February 10, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/urban-books/item/16373

Title: Accidental green
Creator: Pellettieri, Maura
Date: 2012
Description: Accidental Green showcases six healing plants found in the city of St. Louis. The plants in the book are usually regarded as weeds. By examining the properties of these plants, the book asks viewers to question how we move through the urban landscape, what we privilege, what we see, and how we see.
Catalog record.
Call Number: RS172.M57 P45 2012
Link to Catalog Record: https://catalog.wustl.edu:443/record=b4992233~S2
Rights: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Publisher: Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries.
Tags: Artist supplied tags
Artist Keywords: Urban green space; herbalism; alternative walkscape.
Tags supplied by Dr. Jana Harper, of Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Sam Fox Keywords:
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Library Keywords: Artists' books -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Medicinal plants -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Materia medica, Vegetable -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.
Library Keywords: Urban plants -- Missouri -- Saint Louis.

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