Meeting Place

Description

Husband and wife team, Mags Harries and Lajos Heder, were charged with designing this Tradition Cornerstone that recognizes the role that Greensboro played in the Revolutionary War at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse. The structure is in the shape of the tents that the soldiers would have been camping in while in Guilford County. The roof structure has words cut out in stainless steel in replicated handwriting from letters written by General Nathaneal Greene to George Washington over a period of three months. The words are read as their shadows are cast on the ground. Greensboro’s first public orchard is a part of this site with 19 different fruit trees under-planted with other edibles in a permaculture style of gardening. The orchard includes apples, persimmons, figs, pears, plums, cherries, blackberries, blueberries, strawberries, and a variety of other plantings. We encourage the public to enjoy fruits when ripe, but please save some for others to enjoy. Harries and Heder envisioned Meeting Place and this garden as a place for the community to come together for impromptu gatherings.