After the Fire

Botanical Name: Sequoia sempervirens

Common Name: Coast Redwood

Story of the Tree

This kusamono arrangement is inspired by the rapid regrowth of redwood forests after wildfire. The centerpiece is a burned log from the CZU Complex Fire of 2020, which swept through the Santa Cruz Mountains — a reminder of the destruction that precedes renewal.

Each kusamono in the arrangement is planted with a common understory of Coast Redwoods, mirroring the way seedlings reclaim the forest floor in the years following a burn.

Exhibited by Barbara