At some point we talked about the Minnesota Sculpture Garden, a magnificent public park where a large number of original sculptures made by renowned artists rest.
Art is present in gardening every time a professional expert in the material shapes a bush, plants flowers of different colors next to a pond or chooses the ideal plants for the trails. But in addition, it also appears in unusual forms, as is the case of the exposition of egiant living scultures that these days are being exhibited in the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Name Imaginary Worlds brings to life a series of impressive large and living sculptures due to the fact that they have been made entirely with plants, flowers and shrubs.
The images are striking for their beauty and for the dedicated work done by specialized artists who with a neat and painstaking work have transformed the place with their numerous creatures: large monkeys that seem to come out of the jungle made with plants with intense foliage, symmetrical and colorful flowers. that form the shell of a large turtle, a horse whose silhouette is made of pink flowers, frogs in ponds and even a human figure with long hair and endless colors that emerge thanks to the beautiful combinations of plants and shrubs. The latter is the star of the exhibition as it is the so-called Earth Godess, a 25-foot-long sculpture that attracts all eyes as it is the largest.
Twenty-eight striking sculptures they add to the proposal giving fantasy and admiration.
Meticulous work
The proposals are overwhelming and everyone who passes through Atlanta must visit this place. The most interesting thing is the way in which they have worked to achieve such good results, analyzing shapes, textures, colors and characteristics of each plant in order to choose the ones that best suit each sculpture project.
La mosaiculture is a technique of horticulture which delves into the creation of giant sculptures from upholstery plants and with the resource of using a steel folder as a base. The work begins with a steel silhouette that is then covered with a steel mesh. The third step is to cover it with sphagnum moss and mud so that it serves as the ideal soil for the plants, which in turn will feed on a network of irrigation channels that is located below this surface and, in some way, is the heart of the project, as it will be in charge of the development of the plants.
In addition to the texture and appearance of the plants selected for each sculpture, one of the key aspects when choosing the specimens is the development of each plant, since slow-growing plants have been sought so that the forms of Each sculpture with a simple maintenance process as it must be taken into account that the exhibition will be in force until next October, that is to say that there are several months in which the plants must be controlled so that the sculptures are preserved intact.
Behind the scene
The person in charge of carrying out these works has been the International Mosaic Culture of Montreal, a very recognized group that performs this type of exhibitions all over the world.
If you are thinking of getting to know them, the best thing to do is to go to the botanical garden's website as there are numerous activities planned around the exhibition, so it will be very useful to know the program so as not to get there and discover that that day is not possible. enjoy them up close for some reason. One of the options is to visit Imaginary Worlds At night, between 6 and 10 o'clock, it is possible to appreciate the sculptures while enjoying cocktails.
Whichever option is chosen, the important thing is that you will enjoy a unique proposal that becomes a great program for gardening lovers.
