Artists’ contribution to Cesar Chavez Park revolve around the idea of a coastal farm. One aspect of the art plan is a text maze that is inscribed with quotations relating to the dignity of agrarian labor and life, the integrity of earthly flora and the importance of the coastal farm. Those poets and activists quoted include Ernesto Galarza, Theodore Roethke, Joy Harjo, Pablo Neruda and Booker T. Washington. Ernesto Galarza, who is quoted around the outer-ring of the maze, stands out as the first spokesman in the United States for the rights of migrant farm laborers. Galarza was a prominent educator who wrote poetry in his spare time. The center of the maze is a seating area that contains an olive tree, an important food crop in Mediterranean climates and an enduring symbol of peace. It is surrounded by Booker T. Washington’s words, “There is as much dignity in tilling the field as in writing a poem.”