Wordless Wednesday: prickly beauty

 

Many Harveys

Whoa! Look what's invaded our local Botanical Center. I know rabbits in most gardens are pests (I recently read some Peter Rabbit stories to my granddaughters) but these beauties are something else altogether!

These guys are part of a new set of exhibits by Hunt Slonem, an artist I was unfamiliar with, but who seems to really be into bunny rabbits.

I took advantage of a SABOT membership perk the other morning and made an early morning stroll to see these very cool sculptures.

Butterflies also feature, in fields small...

...and large...

One of the most interesting sections of the garden at any time is the courtyard surrounded by some of the greenhouses and interior spaces. Here's what it looks like from the handy walkway that gives you an aerial view:

And here's a closer look down at ground level:

The balls that are scattered about come close to upstaging the bunny, imho...

I especially like the ones suspended above the ponds, casting such cool reflections in the water:

Of course, I'm rather partial to those ponds even without art exhibits in them; nature puts on her own artistic shows there as well. Here's a couple of water lily shots, taken on an earlier excursion this spring:

Aren't those blossoms lovely?!