Patrick Will takes an indepth look at the stinging nettle. He confronts the stigma of the weed with earnestness and botanical attention to detail, creating convincing multi-dimensional references to the plant in industry, the food culture, medicine, music and art history.
Using artistic means, he succeeds in creating a seriousness and attention for the apparent weed without artificially elevating it.
By means of walks, workshops and lectures, he makes the manifold connections between human beings and nettles visible. Most recently, he resorted to nettles in the Chemnitz region.

For the earthworks, the Weed Information Centre, which he initiated and runs, conducts investigative research to uncover the means by which states and municipalities implement a image of gardening that stands against botanical diversity and for the exclusion of some plant species.