KATHRYN MILLER 1992

ISLA VISTA, CALIFORNIA

SUBDIVISIONS--A MAJOR CALIFORNIA PLAGUE--REPLACE THE ECOLOGY OF A LARGE
AREA WITH BUILDINGS, ASPHALT, CONCRETE AND NON-NATIVE PLANTINGS.  AS A
RESULT THE WILDLIFE IS DISPLACED AND THE HISTORY OF THE PLACE IS ERASED.

IN RESPONSE TO THIS PROCESS I CREATED MY OWN SUBDIVISION, A SITE-SPECIFIC
REVEGETATION PROJECT WHERE SOIL HOUSES FILLED WITH SEEDS BREAK DOWN
OVER TIME TO BECOME PART OF THE LANDSCAPE.

THEY LEAVE ONLY MOUNDS OF VEGETATION CORRECTLY MATCHED TO THE LOCAL
PLANT ECOLOGY.  IT REVERSED WHAT I SAW GOING ON AROUND ME.  PLANTS WERE
CHOSEN THAT PROVIDED NECTAR FOR SEVERAL SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES THAT
WERE DISAPPEARING DUE TO A LOSS OF FOOD SOURCE.