VERY SAD LAB
Launched: 2019 in Washington, DC
Press:
WLLW, Very Sad Lab: A Hospital for Houseplants. by Alyson Lundstrom.
The Washington City Paper, Very Sad Lab Wants to Heal You and Your Houseplants. by Tuten, Elizabeth.
FOX 5, At Very Sad Lab in Georgetown, two artists help plant owners turn into plant healers. by Nick Smith.
Washingtonian Magazine, Five Ways to Keep Your Houseplants From Wilting in the Summer Heat. by Katrina Schmidt.
VERY SAD LAB is a houseplant rehabilitation and research-based community-engaged art project. As a mutual aid effort between artists Valerie Wiseman and Naoco Wowsugi, VSL offer free rehabilitation for sad plants and help plant parents learn and unlearn how to better care for their plants. VSL aim to democratize access to houseplants, practice healing and foster sustainable relationships between humans and more-than-human on both personal and planetary levels.