Synthetic biology gives us the opportunity to engineer plants and to do things that they have never done before. Imagine that we could solve our problems through bioengineered plants? A plant that could improve animal wellbeing or a plant that can eat our plastic which we can then again use as a raw material.

The garden of biotic dreams is a collection of plants that help us explore the world of synthetic biology based on your dreams of another world. On the one hand it exposes the sinfulness of the world we live in. On the other hand, it shows a world of wonder with yet no awareness of the consequences synthetic biology may entail. Inspired by nature, improved by synthetic biology, decided by you.

For this project, Transformation designer Daphne Kusters is working together with: Max Finger Bou (Biotechnologist) Wageningen University & research, Yibin Li (Architectural designer) SchilderScholte architecture+, Sanne Tinga (Molecular Life sciences & Ethics in modern society) Wageningen University & research and Utrecht University and the 30 workshop participants.