"Poisoned by Zip Code, Mended by Design" featured (from left) Miguel Perez, KERA arts reporter; Ari Brielle, artist; Marsha Jackson, activist and Floral Farms resident; Erin Peavey, architect, HKS and Evelyn Mayo, chair of Downwinders at Risk. Here on stage at the Dallas Museum of Art

The story of the Floral Farms Park is one of reclamation, connection, and healing. It’s not just about the removing an illegal dumping site, where a mountain of shingles grew to be six-stories tall— it’s about reclaiming the identity of a vibrant neighborhood that came to be known as “where Shingle Mountain is”.