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| Page Views: 1,380 Last Visit to Atlanta: August, 2004 | Botanical Garden & Dale Chihuly by rexvaughan - last update: Aug 6, 2005 |
This guy is near the Japanese Garden and adds a wonderful note of whimsey to this great garden. The combination of art with beautiful botanicals adds to the enjoyment of both. |
| Something new in the lily pond |
|  | What do the fish and frogs think? The Botanical Garden featured an exhibit of Dale Chihuly's art in the midst of the beautiful landscape. This little pond is just outside the Conservatory. |
| | Count the pieces in this tower One of the things Chiuly likes to do is towers of these curling glass shapes. This one makes a stunning display in the fountain looking across the lawn to the Conservatory. Guess how many different pieces he has put together to form this one. |
| | This is the first Chihuly you see as you exit the entry gate. I think it looks like yellow waterspouts gone wild or snakes on steroids. |
| | This pond is below a plaza in back of the Conservatory. I like the addition of color to the water and plants. |
| | A couple of places inside I thought the glass artwork tended to compete with the foliage and blooms, but here it adds a subtle enhancement of the ferns and rocks. |
| | On the original site of the Garden and Piedmont Park the Cotton States Exposition was held in the 1890's. These large stone planters on the plaza behind the Conservatory are from that exposition. The combination here with a totally different and new element I think is stunning. |
| | Orchid Center In the conservatory is an Orchid Center as well as a desert house and a rain forest house. This is just one of tons of beautiful and unusual orchids inside. |
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StumpTim Wed Oct 28, 2009 00:16 UTC
is MaryMacs still on Ponce de Leon = the chicken place?? | cachaseiro Fri Oct 23, 2009 07:34 UTC
great tips rex. as you noticed i am coming to atlanta in about a month time and i might be back with a couple of questions. i will be extremely busy though so i donīt know if i will have the time to meet up but i will see what i can do. | moiraistyx Wed Apr 15, 2009 18:19 UTC
I am looking forward to meeting you. thanks for the warm welcome | dancinbudgie Mon Aug 11, 2008 01:03 UTC
Hi Rex! Love your Atlanta page. Gone with the wind was my girlhood favourite! Odd to see aboriginal art here! Tracey |
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