The trellis is an armature for directing the growth of plant life. Growing Roots adapts the trellis as a support system for various communal and ceremonial events in which people, food, and plants come together. The trellis forms enclosed pockets of determined activity amid an open field. Movable furniture allows visitors to reformat the open field as they wish. Open spaces should offer their users the opportunity to adapt and customize to their wants yet provide them with the spaces that carry out the more programmatically structured needs and functions. Both weddings and potlucks are events that require the hosts…