Community Mural Project

2025’s Focus: Our BIG BLOOMS Mural

Raleigh City Farm grows plants to nourish us. Our Artist in Residence, Julia Einstein, is creating a mural to nurture a love for what’s growing– from basil to zinnia and their pretty pollinators. Julia will transform the fence surrounding our newest lot into an illustrated row of flowers, vegetables, and herbs. This project will inform her studio practice as she will also create a new body of new work inspired by it!  The best part? It's community based and participatory!

It started in April when a collection of child-made art created on at our Bearthday event will result in the designs for the fence.  Throughout the month of May, the artist made large scale sketches (8’ tall!) in her studio of farm favorites: carrot,  hibiscus, strawberry, fig, artichoke thistle, basil, gomphrena, kale, poppy, pepper, coneflower, cabbage, lisianthus, zinnia, and a butterfly!

And NOW:

In June, you are invited to drop in to see the artist painting these into a supersized color-by-number onto the fence!

The Artist in Residence is painting a large mural of supersized blooms. Drop in anytime (between 11 and 1:30), stay as long or as little as you like, and meet Julia Einstein as she brings her art studio to the farm.  For all ages.