This quilt consists of strips and squares of fabric in shades of blue, green, brown, and cream that, together, create a framed large rectangle measuring 98.5" x 83".

[1] Vegetation was acquired by Eskenazi Health as part of a re-imagining of the organization's historical art collection and to support "the sense of optimism, vitality and energy" of its new campus in 2013.

[2][3] In response to its nationwide request for proposals, Eskenazi Health received more than 500 submissions from 39 states, which were then narrowed to 54 finalists by an independent jury.

Vegetation is currently displayed in the yellow elevator corridor on the 2nd floor of Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital.

Loretta Pettway Bennett is a fifth-generation quilter from Gee’s Bend, Alabama; she is the great-great-granddaughter of Dinah Miller, a former slave and the ancestor of one of the prominent quilt-making families in the area.