--- title: 2020_Van Aken_Hudson Valley 360 date: 2020-08-10T15:45:00-04:00 author: Cat Zhou canonical_url: "https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-van-aken-hudson-valley-360" section: News --- [![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg)](/) ![](/src/images/search.svg) View Artists Search Artists [Exhibitions](/feature_exhibitions) [Past Exhibitions](/past_exhibitions/) [Artists](/artist_overview) [News & Press](/news_overview) [Inventory](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery/artists) [Publications](/feature_publications) [Gallery Info](/about) [Contact](/contact) [![Facebook](/src/images/fb.svg)](https://www.facebook.com/RonaldFeldmanGallery/) [![Instagram](/src/images/ig.svg)](https://www.instagram.com/feldmangallery/) [![Twitter](/src/images/tw.svg)](https://twitter.com/feldmangallery?lang=en) [Artsy](https://www.artsy.net/ronald-feldman-gallery) [Artnet](http://www.artnet.com/galleries/ronald-feldman-fine-arts/) ![](/src/images/close_btn.svg) 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](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/fredric-riskin-1) [ Richard Ross ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/richard-ross) S [ Diemut Strebe ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/diemut-strebe) [ Edwin Schlossberg ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/edwin-schlossberg) [ Federico Solmi ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/federico-solmi-) [ Jason Salavon ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/jason-salavon) [ Todd Siler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/todd-siler) U [ Mierle Laderman Ukeles ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/mierle-laderman-ukeles) V [ Sam Van Aken ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) W [ Allan Wexler ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/allan-wexler) [ Andy Warhol ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/andy-warhol) [ Clemens Weiss ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/clemens-weiss) [ Hannah Wilke ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/hannah-wilke) Y [ Gil Yefman ](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/gil-yefman) [ ![Ronald Feldman Gallery logo](/src/images/rff_logo.svg) ](/) [Sam Van Aken](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/sam-van-aken) Be a Better Gardener: Forty Scions on a Single Rootstock: Sam Van Aken Preserves New York State’s Stone Fruit Heritage with His “Tree of 40 Fruit” Hudson Valley 360 Aug 06, 2020 Sometimes we follow a strange route to reach the garden. Sam Van Aken, for example, had made a career as a sculptor, winning all sorts of awards and fellowships and securing a position as a professor of studio art at Syracuse University. Yet always informing his art was Sam’s childhood experiences growing up on a Pennsylvania dairy farm. In particular, there were the stories of his great grandfather, who made his living grafting peach trees. Sam never met this gifted individual, but the stories stuck in his head. About 10 years ago, Sam decided to take up this craft himself, and began to assemble what he called his “Tree of 40 Fruit,” by grafting scions of 40 different stone fruits (peaches, plums, cherries, nectarines and apricots) onto a single rootstock tree. [**Read more here.**](https://www.hudsonvalley360.com/opinion/columnists/be-a-better-gardener-forty-scions-on-a-single-rootstock-sam-van-aken-preserves-new/article_8123edce-3b5e-51e2-900c-966fd91b47f5.html) Related News & Press Jul 14, 2020 [ ![Abolition now xmap ken gonzales day los angeles la immigration court july3 ken gonzales day in plain sight 01](/assets/exhibition_images/abolition_now__xmap___ken_gonzales-day___los_angeles_-_la_immigration_court___july3___ken_gonzales-day___in_plain_sight_01.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-sdpb-two-bulls) Jul 14, 2020 SDPB [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [It Wasn't Just Fireworks That Captivated People](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-sdpb-two-bulls) Jul 10, 2020 [ ![Culture Chris Mastro 14](/assets/exhibition_images/Culture_ChrisMastro_14.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-wired-mary-alice-miller) Jul 10, 2020 Wired [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [How Mysterious Protest Messages Have Filled the Skies](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-wired-mary-alice-miller) Jul 09, 2020 [ ![Los angeles in plain sight xmap dezeen hero 1704x959](/assets/exhibition_images/los-angeles-in-plain-sight-xmap_dezeen_hero-1704x959.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-dezeen-klein) Jul 09, 2020 Dezeen [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [In Plain Sight sky writes "Care not cages" to protest immigration detention](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-dezeen-klein) Jul 08, 2020 [ ![Shutterstock 1485768215](/assets/exhibition_images/shutterstock_1485768215.jpg) ](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-documented-siegelbaum) Jul 08, 2020 Documented [Cassils](https://feldmangallery.com/artist-home/cassils) [Circuit Court Blocks Third Country Rule](https://feldmangallery.com/news/2020/2020-cassils-documented-siegelbaum) [See All Press ](https://feldmangallery.com/news_overview) Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. 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