Publications

The Pansy Project has garnered global attention since its inception in 2005. Over the last twenty years this little project has appeared in multiple books, publications, and articles alongside some of the worlds most well known street artists from Banksy to Martha Cooper in: Trespass – A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art to more well known so-called floral artists showcased in ‘Flower – Exploring the World in Bloom’.

The Pansy Project has been discreetly showcased and contextualised in books published by Phaidon, Taschen, Thames & Hudson and more. Some of the most influential are shown above with further details and links listed below. Also below are some of the more notable articles for those that wish to dig further into the subject of guerrilla gardening, street art and queer street art.

  • 2023 – Get Guerrilla Gardening – Link
  • 2022 – Flora Photographica – Link
  • 2022 – Flower: Exploring the World in Bloom – Link
  • 2017 – Anarchism and Art – Link
  • 2016 – Street Art: Ephemeral Games – Link
  • 2015 – Street Craft – Link
  • 2012 – Contemporary British Queer Performance – Link
  • 2011 – Radical Gardening – Link
  • 2010 – Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art – Link
  • 2009 – On Guerrilla Gardening – Link

The above issue of Antennae: The Journal of Nature in Visual Culture contains an interview with Paul Harfleet by Joey Orr, this in-depth interview explores the history of The Pansy Project from the origins of the project to what may lay ahead – read from page 81. Download other issues of this fascinating journal here.