Enjoy a lush carpet of violet at your place. - by Miranda Moore
These shade-loving annuals, perennials, and tropicals are easy to grow for their colorful flowers and foliage.
[ News of next mosaiculture exhibition at bottom of page.] International Mosaiculture Exhibition Montreal - Summer 2013 Even if you’re not into gardening yourself, the plant sculptures in the international Montreal Mosaiculture Exhibition will blow your mind. As defined in the official website of the event, mosaiculture “is a refined horticultural art that involves creating and mounting living artworks made primarily from plants with colourful foliage (generally annuals, and occasionally perennials).” It is also a highly complex form of art, requiring different sets of skills from all the participating artists: not only do they have to plan and build the framework of the sculpture and match the colors, it is also important to understand the maintenance of each plant they use. The Mosaïcultures Internationale competition was founded back in 2000 by Lise Cormier after her visit to China: this is where Lisa saw an enchanting 40-feet-high sculpture of 3 doves and was instantly inspired to bring the idea back home. Considered the world’s most prestigious competition of horticultural art, the 2013 edition of Mosaiculture is currently on display at Montreal Botanical Garden in Quebec, Canada. More than three million flowers were raised in greenhouses throughout Quebec, and then shipped to the gardens in May, where designers wrapped them in steel meshes to create living works of art. The sculptures are created using steel or aluminum forms that are wrapped in metal mesh, filled with earth and planted with flowers, ivies and grasses whose foliage provides texture and color. Interior watering systems and growing medium were added so that the flowers could last all through the summer till the end of the exhibition on September 29. Some 50 works graces the 2.2 km circuit through the enchanting grounds of the Botanical Garden. The theme this year is “Land of Hope”. About 200 of the world’s most talented horticultural artists are taking part in this international competition, representing 20 countries. Entries have come from cities in countries as far as Turkey and Uganda, with China and Japan heavily represented. Barn Owl Bird Tree. This huge sculpture is 40 feet high and they built special high bridge at this end so people could take photographs more easily. Every branch becomes a different bird. The wing span of the condor must be at least 8 feet. Big Flowers. These are growing in the midst of the Exhibition Gardens, some of the thirty gardens which comprise the Botanic Garden. Notice the bee. Butterflies. They are about eight feet high and stand outside the Insectarium, a building housing exhibits of insects. Two Canoes. The theme of this year's show is the unity of nature and the importance of ecological planning. The Old Man Who Planted Trees, Horses, Dog, and Sheep The Old Man is about 20 feet high. Flock of Sheep, plus one goat. They are all part of a huge display around the Man Who Planted Trees (below). Single Sheep Caterpillar, outside Insectarium Easter Island Heads Clown Fish Swimming through Seaweed Crouching Frog and Lily Pond. Frog in Lily Pond Goat at Well Horses and Akita Dog. The dog is very famous in Japan and everyone knows him. He accompanied his master to the railroad station ever morning when the man went to work, and then the dog met him again in the evening. When the man died, the dog continued meeting the train twice every day for ten years until he died. He is made up of various decorative grasses. The horses' manes are also made of grasses. The horses are twice the size of a normal horse; the dog is 8 feet high. Closeup of Horse Lady and Cranes / Chinese Myth. The lady is about 35 feet high. Lady and Cranes / Chinese Myth Line of Lemurs at entrance to Gardens Lemurs Man Who Planted Trees. He is 20 feet high. Pandas and Bamboo Pandas Piano and Tortoise / The Arts and Nature Support Each Other Spirit of the Woods. The body of the serpent actually snakes around the woods for more than 300 yards. Phoenix Bird - colossal and with flowers. Mother Earth Water is a gift of Mother Earth, enjoyed by wild horses and eagles. The sign said these are Swans. Gorillas / Endangered Species Moose and Squirrels - all made of moss. Cobras ______________________________________ August 2016 It has just been announced by the government of Canada that the next mosaiculture exhibition will be held in Ottawa, Canada, at Jacques Cartier Park in Gatineau, from July 1 - Oct. 9, 2017, as part of the festivities to celebrate 150 years of Canadian statehood. More information can be found on the internet. You are all welcome to come and enjoy. __
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Buckingham Palace is going through some major changes in the wake of Queen Elizabeth II’s recent death, as the newly crowned King Charles III is expected to move into the royals’ most famous home along with his Queen Consort, Camilla Parker Bowles.While the London-based, famously private Buckingham Palace attracts hundreds of visitors each day, royalists might be curious about the new king’s other residences. In that case, Google Arts & Culture has you covered.
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c. 1964 part of the Garden Flowers series. designed by Alojzy Balcerzak
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