If you have a chance to go see the Atlanta Botanical Garden before the end of October this year,
do go! There is a beautiful exhibit that even the non-plant lover will enjoy! It's called
Imaginary Worlds: Plants Larger Than Life. There are billboards around town enticing visitors to come see the garden. I thought the hardest part of my trip was locating the entrance. The area where the Botanical Garden is located is filled with very mature trees and surrounded by parks. Add a little road construction, and a visitor could easily have a little trouble navigating where she needed to go. I found the entrance, and despite the very warm and humid weather Atlanta was experiencing, I enjoyed exploring the treasures within.
This exhibit, which to the uneducated eye looks like topiaries, are called Mosaiculture. Mosaic + Horticulture combined. Steel armatures are covered in a growing medium where plant plugs (hence the mosaic) were strategically placed. The living sculptures are maintain daily by horticulture teams.
The structures were created by a nonprofit company called International Mosaiculture of Montreal, Canada. The exhibits were put together up in Montreal and then transported to Atlanta via special, temperature controlled tractor trailers.
I was not lucky enough to explore this exhibit at night. On Thursday evenings through October the sculptures come to life with thousands of strategically placed twinkle lights!
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| Butterflies |
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| Unicorn |
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| Toad Lily |
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| Earth Goddess |
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| Swamp Hibiscus |
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| The Shaggy Dog |
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| Ogre |
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| Cobras |
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| Looking towards downtown |
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| Dancing Fish |
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| Fuqua Conservatory |
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| Rabbits |
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| Giant Berries |
In the Fuqua Orchid Center:
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| Frog fountain |
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Look closely...Gambels Quail
center, under the leaf
I saw these in Sedona but got their picture in Atlanta! |
At the Children's Garden
