MODEL PLOT was a collaboration between O’Mahony and the Loy Association of Ireland. The sculptural planting highlights a technology, born out of the need for food security in Ireland’s past and forwards to herb and forage crops that point a way to climate resilience in farming.⁠

Four large diamond frames at the heart of the planting were sown with legumes and herb forage crops; Sainfoin, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Vetch and Phacelia. Each crop has a practical value for farmers; fixing nitrogen in the soil, benefiting animal and soil health, or sustaining pollinators and the environment. Over the course of the project, the planting changed, shifting focus from the potato at the beginning to the herb and legume crops after harvest which reflected in a tangible way, the impact of the driest summer on the crops.