Telegarden (1995)

The Telegarden: art installation that allows web users to view and interact with a remote garden filled with living plants. “The Telegarden creates a physical garden as an environment to stage social interaction and community in virtual space. “For its engaging use of the Web, bringing together an international group of strangers to explore and nourish nature in sharing a common garden, the First Prize goes to the Telegarden as a powerful metaphor for virtual communities.”

Source: goldberg.berkeley.edu