Wednesday was my friend Charlie’s birthday. We headed up to Dublin on the train to visit the Botanic Gardens. A wet morning greeted us but as the day went on it cleared up to quite a nice day.
Great pumpkin display as one heads out to the gardens.
Aren’t these great? Metal flowers on a wall. Part of the Sculpture in Context exhibition. The exhibition made the gardens even more interesting as the art pieces were placed throughout the grounds.
Bronze ladies amongst the trees.
Not sure about this one. It’s called “They’ll be back.”
Air plant in one of the glass houses. Can’t remember the name but by it’s shape it’s got to be call Stag’s Horn…
Another air plant.
Beautiful Bouganvillae.
Wonderful Palm.
Couldn’t find a name tag on this wonderfully sculptural specimen.
The Cactus house.
Such variety…there’s an amazing amount of Cacti.
I thought this was a sculpture as it looks like bronze. It is however a real live plant.
These Tree Snails were amazing…made from fused plastic.
Did someone polish the bark on this Yew? Beautiful!
Waterfall.
The DNA sculpture. This is a permanent fixture here.
Chicken wire Snowdrops.
Redbor Kale in the kitchen garden.
Loved this piece…blown glass bubbles attached to this gnarled old tree. Very clever!
Another fave…a wonderful oversized cedar chair. It even smelt nice.
Part of a wonderful bronze sculpture.
There is so much more but I will finish with these beautiful vibrant flowers.
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