4Siblings is an art collective committed to making earth works.

We have established in 2019 and have made our first major garden artwork in 2021 in Tuinen van West in Amsterdam.

Since then we have collaborated as a collective with various communities.

Currently the art garden is based in the terrein of Buurtwerkplaats Noorderhof, Amsterdam Nieuw West.

We are committed to learn from the garden, to creat earth works, ecological art, edible labyrinths, working with plants.

In 2026, we will be keeping the garden in Buurtwerkplaats!

We will start the season on 17 April afternoon by making seedlings. Please come by.

Four Siblings is a land based art collective. We come together to create an edible labyrinth in the shape of an artwork in the threshold of the city of Amsterdam. We want to do so in a mutually supportive way; care for our bodies while we care for the land; bring back the biodiversity and seed resources, generate new local networks between artist, farmers, permaculturists, residents while learning by doing. We take inspiration from the works of land artist Agnes Denes, whose ecological installation Wheatfield (1982) is an important frame of reference.

In 2019 we were in research and preparation time, seeking a piece of land.

In 2020, we had land but we had to rest due to Covid pandemic.

In 2021, finally the development of first public edition of Four Siblings (then Four Sisters) was funded by the Mondriaan Fund, the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK) and the Stadsdeel Nieuw-West.

In 2022 we rested and conducted research.

In 2023, we made a new edition with new experiments: working with the wilderness. While we still work with the usual crops such as pumpkins, corn and potatoes, we are paying more attention to what is already there: the wild. This edition was supported by Fonds voor Nieuw West, Stadsdeel Nieuw-West, Amsterdam Fonds voor de Kunst (AFK) and Mondriaand Fonds together with all the wonderful donations received via VoorJeBuurt.

In In 2024 we were nomadic, conducting research and preparing for 2025.

We were back in 2025!

We are available for workshops, local tours for plant knowledge & foraging in Nieuw West neigbourhood, lectures, visits and talks and games.