Earth Goddess in summer (03)
The Earth Goddess, a 'living' sculpture, in the Cascades Garden of...
Atlanta (midtown), Georgia, USA.
30 July 2017.
▶ More photos: here.
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▶ "The immense Earth Goddess has become a signature exhibit at the Garden. The living sculpture, installed in 2013, was originally designed and fabricated by artisans from Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal. Mosaiculture is the centuries-old horticultural art of covering fabricated steel forms with a planting material and 'plugging,' or planting, it with tens of thousands of tiny plants.
At 30 feet wide by 25 feet tall, the sculpture weighs nearly 29 tons and holds more than 18,000 individual plants, which are trimmed weekly to maintain the flowing lines. Some of the plants used for a palette of color and texture include Pilea glauca, Lantan camara (Florida Red Mound), Alternanthera (Petites Feuilles Verts), Ipomoea batatas (Sweetheart Purple), Durante erecta (Lemon Lime), and Hypoestes sanguinolenta (Splash Select Pink)."
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▶ Photo by Yours For Good Fermentables.com.
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— Follow on Facebook: YoursForGoodFermentables.
— Follow on Instagram: @tcizauskas.
▶ Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1.
— Lens: Olympus M.45mm F1.8.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15.
▶ Commercial use requires explicit permission, as per Creative Commons.
Earth Goddess in summer (03)
The Earth Goddess, a 'living' sculpture, in the Cascades Garden of...
Atlanta (midtown), Georgia, USA.
30 July 2017.
▶ More photos: here.
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▶ "The immense Earth Goddess has become a signature exhibit at the Garden. The living sculpture, installed in 2013, was originally designed and fabricated by artisans from Mosaïcultures Internationales de Montréal. Mosaiculture is the centuries-old horticultural art of covering fabricated steel forms with a planting material and 'plugging,' or planting, it with tens of thousands of tiny plants.
At 30 feet wide by 25 feet tall, the sculpture weighs nearly 29 tons and holds more than 18,000 individual plants, which are trimmed weekly to maintain the flowing lines. Some of the plants used for a palette of color and texture include Pilea glauca, Lantan camara (Florida Red Mound), Alternanthera (Petites Feuilles Verts), Ipomoea batatas (Sweetheart Purple), Durante erecta (Lemon Lime), and Hypoestes sanguinolenta (Splash Select Pink)."
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▶ Photo by Yours For Good Fermentables.com.
▶ For a larger image, type 'L' (without the quotation marks).
— Follow on Facebook: YoursForGoodFermentables.
— Follow on Instagram: @tcizauskas.
▶ Camera: Olympus Pen E-PL1.
— Lens: Olympus M.45mm F1.8.
— Edit: Photoshop Elements 15.
▶ Commercial use requires explicit permission, as per Creative Commons.