Living sculpture at the Atlanta Botanical Garden
by
Douglas Hunt
As if there wasn't inspiration enough at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, through October the garden is hosting the first U.S. exhibit of Mosaiculture, the horticultural art of creating giant topiary-like sculptures using thousands of annual bedding plants to carpet steel armature forms. Created by International Mosaiculture of Montreal, these living works of art measure up to 25 by 20 feet and were transported to Atlanta on climate-controlled trailers. Ranging from dancing fish to towering cobras and a grazing unicorn, the sculptures include elaborate irrigation systems beneath the surface of the sculptures that allow the plants to grow.
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These are TRULY amazing.
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Amazing!
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