Imaginary Worlds Plants Larger Than Life

Friday, July 12, 2013

I spent the early afternoon on Friday at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens checking out their Imaginary Worlds; Plants Larger Than Life exhibit. From May through October of this year visitors to the gardens will be transported to an imaginary world where plants grow bigger than life. A menagerie of magical creatures casts an enchanting spell over the garden with 19 monumental living sculptures of fantasy and delight. The sculptures – ranging up to 25 feet tall and 20 feet wide – include a gazing unicorn, a friendly ogre, a pair of gigantic cobras, a group of enchanting rabbits, and a couple of flighty butterflies. The largest piece, a 25-foot-tall representation of a goddess emerging from the earth, greets visitors in the Cascades Garden.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

 

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.

Imaginary Worlds, the newest exhibit at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, on Friday, July 12, 2013.