London-based artist Vivienne Schadinsky presents "Into the Seeds of Time" at the newly expanded OmVed Gardens in Highgate, a private urban garden and the UK's first centre for food, ecology and creativity. The exhibition, running until 3 August, features ink paintings, films, sculptures and prints created during Schadinsky's year-long residency, focusing on the life cycles of three bean varieties—puy lentil, Essex pea bean and gaia soybean—as a metaphor for climate resilience.
The show matters because it exemplifies how art can engage with urgent ecological issues, using the garden as a "living laboratory" to explore biodiversity, food security and the potential of resilient crops like legumes. OmVed Gardens, which runs a Seed Saving Network and hosts events tied to the UN World Food Programme, positions creative practice as a vital tool for rethinking humanity's relationship with nature amid the climate crisis.