Urban Garden, Public art installation in downtown Seattle, United States

Urban Garden is a 27-foot-tall kinetic sculpture by Ginny Ruffner, commissioned by the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and installed in downtown Seattle in 2011. It depicts a pot, flowers and a watering can, and weighs approximately 10,000 pounds. The pot alone is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide.

Urban Garden was commissioned by the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and created by Seattle artist Ginny Ruffner; the work dates from 2011. It is a 27-foot-tall kinetic sculpture weighing about 10,000 pounds, built around a pot 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide, with flowers and a watering can.

Ginny Ruffner's sculpture turns a gardening scene into a 27-foot-tall landmark outside the Sheraton Seattle Hotel. The oversized pot, flowers and watering can make a familiar household object read as public art, and the piece is a photo stop for hotel guests and passers-by in downtown Seattle.

The sculpture stands outdoors in downtown Seattle near the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, which commissioned it, so it can be viewed at any hour from the surrounding street and sidewalk. Look up: the pot alone is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide, and the whole piece rises 27 feet. Watch for the moving watering can at the top.

The pot alone is 9 feet tall and 7 feet wide, and the whole piece weighs about 10,000 pounds. Ruffner made the sculpture kinetic, so the watering can moves as if watering the flowers below. Look up to take in its full 27-foot height.