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Plan(T) Art Exhibit, by Xavier Cortada, will be on display in Pinecrest Gardens.

Xavier Cortada/Danish Recycle Artist Thomas Dambo at Pinecrest Gardens

A little off the beaten path, south in Pinecrest Gardens, two fun and fascinating eco-art projects are sprouting, one from local artist and environmental activist Xavier Cortada and another from Danish artist Thomas Dambo. To start, Cortada is working with Miami-Dade Parks & Recreation to collect thousands of mangrove seeds and plant the city’s first urban mangrove forest at Pinecrest Gardens — mangrove forests are critical barriers against floods and storm surges and play a crucial role in protecting coastal areas from sea-level rise. This “Plan(T)” art exhibition, featuring a wall of mangrove seedlings in water-filled cups, will be shown in the Hibiscus Gallery at Pinecrest Gardens, along with a giant mural Cortada is painting. “Plan(T)” will also be part of the Untitled Art Fair (on the beach at Ocean Drive and 12th Street, Dec. 4-8, untitledartfairs.com/miami-beach), where Cortada will create a daily vertical wall of 210 mangroves sprouts, anchored by two shipping containers and ask participants to write their current property elevation on an index card (he will also host a North Pole Dinner Party at the fair, serving ice from the Arctic).

The Danish rapper-turned-artist Dambo will also unveil two gigantic trolls, Berta & Terje, using locally sourced wooden trash, broken branches and fallen trees he finds in the area, on Dec. 4. Dambo created a fictional story about these trolls, who are ready to combat the ills of the world and help a wise, beautiful banyan tree — visitors can also sign up to be volunteers and work alongside the artist and his crew.

Cortada and Dambo at Pinecrest Gardens starting Dec. 4, 11000 Red Road; pinecrestgardens.org.

TO READ ABOUT THE OTHER ART EXPERIENCES VISIT: https://www.miamiherald.com/entertainment/visual-arts/art-basel/article236910413.html