Edinburgh Botanical Gardens - Garden Art

The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was pure joy to visit. 

There was a fundraiser exhibit going on when I was there, 

and it included sculptures (one of which was in my previous post)
of endangered species. 

The sculptures were designed, decorated, adorned with artistic flair and touches, 

by various artists to help awareness about endangered species

and to raise money via high profile 

charity auctions for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

100% of the net proceeds go directly to conservation programs.

Here are a few of those sculptures, which fascinated young and old alike.

Click on the images to see more detail.

Below are two sculptures done by another artist, whose work was on display.

These pieces were not part of the upcoming WWF auction events.

I looked online to see if they had the name of the artist, but I could not find the info on the website. 

Update: A kind volunteer at the Gardens wrote me that the artist's name is Thomas Houseago.

'Legs'

In the Queen Mother's Memorial Garden, there is a stone Pavilion. 

Inside, the walls are lined with shells and stones
that school children collected from the Scottish coast.

The ceiling is made up of cones from conifers 

all over the world where the Queen Mother visited.

And there is a simply lovely dedication plaque.

Should you get tired from walking the nearly 70 acres of grounds, there are plenty of places to sit. Even the benches were tastefully, artistically designed.

The foyer of the main entry building was eco-friendly 

and built with plants and people in mind.

The stairway was made of sustainable wood, 

and the ceiling baffles (the green thing at the top of the image) 

were designed based on the tissue appearance 

of a cross-section of a dissected plant.

Here's a better view...

Thanks for sharing this walk through the garden art 

at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Edinburgh.

Next time, instead of seeing plant cross-section-inspired designs, 

we'll see plants in garden designs!

~Aerie-el