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I recently was on holiday to visit my daughter and her family, as well as my son. all of whom live in the Nashville, Tennessee area.
While there, I was able to take in an amazing exhibition at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens entitled Trains in G.
The exhibit is a miniature town consisting of various landscapes, plants, infrastructure (bridges, roadways, railroads, etc.), and buildings. All the buildings and infrastructure are made from natural material - plants, trees, rock, etc. The buildings are all re-creations of actual homes and businesses, either historical or modern, that either existed or did exist once, in the Nashville area.
As a novice toy theatre enthusiast, it was a marvelous outing on a beautiful day. I must say, I greatly admire the artist behind it; the exhibit was designed and constructed by Paul Busse, of Applied Imagination, using something he calls Botanical Architecture...
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| The Nashville Parthenon - a re-creation itself - is recreated here in miniature... |
Hi! The Bronx Botanical Garden does a huge display at Christmas like that only it's parts of New York City in flora, so to speak. I never went because it's terribly expensive and hard to get to, but I have seen some dazzling photographs and wished that was my fall job many times. Would love to see more photos!
ReplyDeleteTess, there are more photos from the exhibition in the link on the first, smaller photo in the post...
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