to beautify public spaces. he views his work as performance art. never has he encountered a problem, that is until he planted one thousand morning glories, cardinal flowers, and cypress violence at a metro station in the nation s capital. his plan was that they would bloom in 176 otherwise barren flower boxes in colors red, white, and blue from august until october. but metro wasn t happy. docker was threatened with arrest, fines and imprisonment if he dared to weed, water or otherwise tend to his work along the top stretch of the dupont circle station. the stated concern? safety. according to mccartney s coverage, metro worried that doctor could hurt himself if he fell given the steep incline of where he planted. but doctor wasn t arrested. instead, metro employees pulled out all the flowers, claiming they did so in anticipation of repairs to paver boxes. the flower boxes now sit empty. where the flowers once were, a healthy debate grows.