Fairchild Tropical Botanical Garden - Sculpture Show

Susan and I headed down to Miami for a weekend get-a-way. After a great evening in South Beach, we wanted to see the Sculpture Show at the Fairchild Tropical Gardens. The Fairchild is quite unique because it is a research botanical gardens - protecting endangered tropical plants, housing the largest varieties of Palms, and trying to introduce native plants back into Florida.

However, before the Hurricane Season, it is a temporary home to some of the great sculpture artist of the 20th and 21st century. This year, Fernando Botero, Dale Chihuly, Roy Lichtenstein were the artists. The sculptures were scattered across the lowland section of the 80 acres of tropical plants. It was amazing - I'm partial to Chihuly - his forms truly blended into the plants and became a part of the flora. The organic forms are so plant-like - you sometimes forget that they are blown glass. Check out Chihuly's site: http://www.chihuly.com/installations/fairchild/index.html