The Gift
Steel, plywood and plants
Commissioned for Living Lanes by Blue Mountains City Council
The Gift was installed in 2022 as a temporary work to celebrate circular economies of generosity, sharing, fixing things, and mutual benefit. This work aimed to be both a mascot and an infrastructure to support the expansion of these practices already happening in Katoomba. Over this time many people contributed to The Gift. It found particular use amongst gardeners as a plant and seed exchange box.
In 2025, to extend the life of the work, we removed the cladding to reveal the steel scaffold which mimics the buttresses of the adjacent architecture of the church. Stripped to its essence, The Gift now provides a support structure to support plant life and encourage locals to guerilla-garden and enhance the beauty of this ‘living lane’.
