All in a Row Madagascar
On Monday, RailGuy and I went to see the Mosaicultures Internationales show at the Montreal Botanical Garden. This competition takes place every three years in a different city. This year’s theme for the Montreal show is Land of Hope, emphasizing the importance of protecting the biodiversity of our planet.
We had a wonderful day. The weather was perfect for a walk around the garden. The fifty or so works are spaced along a 2.2 kilometer circuit of the grounds, a very pleasant walk, and the displays were spectacular. Photographs just don’t capture the impressive scale of the figures or the infinite detail afforded by the variety of plants making up the sculptures, but I’ll share some of our favorites here.
The most incredible entry was the amazing Bird Tree. You can get an idea of how gigantic the tree is by the size of the people walking around it. If you look closely, there is a gardener working at the base of the tree.
The Bird Tree Canada
The birds represented a variety of species, readily identifiable.
The Man Who Planted Trees was surrounded by a flock of sheep, galloping horses, and his shaggy dog.
The Man Who Planted Trees Canada.
I loved the Chinese entry of a girl who loved cranes.
A True Story! China
And here is Mother Earth, looking serene, with wild animals, a waterfall, and horses splashing through water.
Mother Earth Canada
Frogs graced the water garden.
Fragile Frogs! United States
This chameleon blended in well with his surroundings!
Disappearing Into Nature Yemen
This is a representation of the Uffington White Horse in England.
Uffington White Horse England
This beekeeper made me think of Natalie!
The Insects’ Garden Belgium
We finished off the day with a visit to my favorite Tiger Eye Sumac tree and a cold one on the patio, which you can see at the left of the photo.
Willow House Chronicles 
Isn’t it funny- we could almost have met there. We visited the garden on Tuesday. It is interesting how some of the displays looked better in real life and some look better in pictures. I was not able to take a good one of the tree with birds which was very impressive. Yours is beautiful.
I was sorry we were short of time and did not make it to the Chinese garden which is my favorite.
What amazing topiary! And don’t worry, I think you captured the sense of scale quite nicely in the Bird Tree photo.
These are absolutely incredible! The MBG is going on my bucket list now!
Oh, wow – these are amazing! What a lot of work!
Thanks, Dandy! The New Brunswick Botanical Garden up in Edmundston had a few mosaicultures when we visited a few years ago, a nice place to visit.
Furry, def worth a visit, even outside of the mosaicultures!
Wow! Amazing pictures of some amazing works of art! We never got to visit MBG if you can believe that!
A fantastic visual event.
My wife and I visited on 4 occasions.
Wish we had gone even more.
With an average of over 60,000 per day it sure was a pleasure to go last week and see the exhibits with fewer people.
Thank you.