While in Montreal, le Chuck and I spent an afternoon walking through the Botanical Garden and looking up, way way up, at the larger-than-life masterpieces of Mosaïcultures Internationales. We were enthralled. Definitely a huge highlight to a vacation that had so many.
The Mosaïcultures exhibit brings together horticulture artists from around the world to create living and growing sculptures that fit in with the theme “Land of Hope.”
“Land of Hope” stands as a bulwark against the current wave of global doom-mongering by promoting the beauty of life in all its various forms. Is there anything better than nature itself to represent all of its splendour and fragility? Lise Cormier, President, International Mosaiculture Committee
We were in complete awe throughout. Just when we thought we couldn’t be more amazed, we came across the Tree of Hope! HOLY “56-birds-species-in-one-gigantic-tree” MOLY! The piece was so big that the people working in it looked minuscule and were using mountain climbing gear to scale it.
Mosaicultures says they have “raised horticultural art to a new level.” Huge understatement.
Mother Earth from Canada.
The Man Who Planted Trees from Canada
Cernunnos and the Ram-horned Serpent, Spirits of the Forest from Canada.
The Boars of Sally Island from Wales.
Mother Earth from Canada.
Sunbath from Thailand.
Hands Up! from Borneo.
Practically Family! from The Republic of Guinea.
The Bird Tree from Canada.
Farmers: The People who Feed the World from the U.S.
Farmers: The People who Feed the World from the U.S.
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WoW ! What an amazing place. Not only would I love to see it. but my kids would freak out. Those wild boar are cool.
It was a real treat to see in person. The kids around us were loving it! 🙂