Our design advances the art of the garden by relating the garden to contemporaryregional issues in industry and environmental health. We attempt to heightenvisitors’ regional awareness and understanding through the design of the garden.Through our design, we wish to incite a critical inquiry about our choices inindustrial technology by showing the implications of industry upon the healthof people and the environment in the St. Lawrence river valley and Great Lakesregion. We show through the garden that beauty and function relate – plantsmay play an important role in remediating environmental issues. Through thegarden, we assert the relevance of landscape design and planning as a viablemethod of addressing pressing cultural problems.