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Kim Holleman debuts new tiny version of her ‘Trailer Park’ mobile garden

09/28/2016
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  • The trailer was gutted and filled with native New York mosses, succulents, grasses, miniature trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.
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  • Inside the coolest park on wheels, wooden curvilinear planters, shaped to emulate wooden stumps, are filled with oodles of greenery.
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  • The artist designed the new windows and skylights to open and close allowing for optimal air flow control.
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  • Scale architectural model of the design.
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  • <a href="http://www.kimholleman.com/">Kim Holleman</a>'s <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/kim-hollemans-trailer-park-recycles-a-camper-into-a-mobile-green-oasis/">Trailer Park</a> mobile garden has been a roving oasis of greenery for the Big Apple for years, but now the Brooklyn-based artist has just unveiled a new compact version. Trailer Park V2 was built into a 6' x 12' construction trailer, making it much smaller than the original 18-foot-long original, with the same type of serene lush garden inside. The mini Trailer Park is filled with native-to-New York greenery, as well as a solar-powered <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/rooftop-aquaponic-farmlab-uses-tilapia-fish-to-grow-edible-plants/">aquaponic edibles pond</a> and even a micro veggie patch.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    <a href="http://www.kimholleman.com/">Kim Holleman</a>'s <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/kim-hollemans-trailer-park-recycles-a-camper-into-a-mobile-green-oasis/">Trailer Park</a> mobile garden has been a roving oasis of greenery for the Big Apple for years, but now the Brooklyn-based artist has just unveiled a new compact version. Trailer Park V2 was built into a 6' x 12' construction trailer, making it much smaller than the original 18-foot-long original, with the same type of serene lush garden inside. The mini Trailer Park is filled with native-to-New York greenery, as well as a solar-powered <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nyc/rooftop-aquaponic-farmlab-uses-tilapia-fish-to-grow-edible-plants/">aquaponic edibles pond</a> and even a micro veggie patch.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    Holleman created her first mobile public park out of an 18-foot-long Coachman Travel Trailer in 2006.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    The trailer was gutted and filled with native New York mosses, succulents, grasses, miniature trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2URES
    There was even a walking path made out of hand-laid brick and benches for those looking to take a breather among the lush greenery while listening to the sounds of the babbling small pond. .
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    Newborn snail grown in the aquaculture system.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    For the updated 2016 version, Holleman has gone the way of the tiny home movement.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    Made out of a 6' x 12' ramp-back, V-Nose construction trailer, the small size actually makes the park more versatile because it can be moved by hand or attached to a hitch for hauling.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    Inside the coolest park on wheels, wooden curvilinear planters, shaped to emulate wooden stumps, are filled with oodles of greenery.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    The artist designed the new windows and skylights to open and close allowing for optimal air flow control.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    Along with bringing natural light into the trailer, the improved windows keep the cold and snow out in the winter and let more heat and air inside during the summer months. A
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    This trailer is functionally and aesthetically more of a greenhouse than the original.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park v2
    For the updated 2016 version, Holleman has gone the way of the tiny home movement.
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  • Kim Holleman Trailer Park 2.0
    Scale architectural model of the design.
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The trailer was gutted and filled with native New York mosses, succulents, grasses, miniature trees, shrubs, and wildflowers.

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