Sowing the expert one, biggest biological calendula field in Holland

Harvesting the expert one, biggest biological calendula field in Holland

Dutch children celebrating their liberation of WW2 in 1945

Frontpage regional news De Gelderlander

V FOR VICTORY 

V VOOR VICTORIE, VRIJHEID EN VREDE 

site-specific event. 10x 10 x 60 meters

Town hall Renkum Airborne Memorial. Art-born, Scarabee-art Oosterbeek

Thanks to Airborne primary school Heelsum, Blossum flower shower, Exodus committee, REVABO

25000 calendula flowers, radio recordings from/ about WW 2 Market Garden, sound system, 12 custom-made flower planters

Because the color orange refers to the Dutch Kingdom, many Dutch citizens sow calendula flowers in their gardens as a token of hope and silent resistance to the German occupation in WW2. At the annual remembrance of the Battle of Arnhem, 60 children of the Airborne primary school in Renkum threw 25000 calendula flowers from the municipality house. At the lower 12 planters were lined up in morse code V:

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The children could take care of the plants and next spring the flowers would bloom in orange morse code V as a monument for future Victory, Freedom, and Peace for all citizens in the world.

Many thanks to Blossum flower shower