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Botanic Gardens - Sept 2017

27/2/2018

 
In September 2017 we visited the Botanic Gardens to see the ‘Sculpture in Context’ exhibition. It was a really sunny day so we walked there and back.

​When we arrived at the Botanic Gardens, we met Vanessa, our guide. She brought us around the exhibition and told us about the sculptures. She told us how they were made using different materials and even showed us some that were hidden around the gardens.

There was a sculpture called, ‘God & Adam’ which was made out of recycled car tyres but looked like they were made out of bronze!
We saw little figures hanging down that we thought looked like pillows or ghosts, and people floating.
One of our favourite sculptures was ‘Blanket for the Ground’ by Maeve O’Donnell. She dedicated this to her grandfather, who was homeless. She designed a blanket out of fallen leaves and pillows from leaves and newspaper. We thought it was very special.
We saw ‘Submarine’ made from metal, a dustbin and lovely flowers!
We saw a sculpture that looked like it was just metal poles in a pond but Vanessa showed us that if you looked a certain way, the metal poles and the reflection in the water made a cube!
We found huge metal dinosaurs and had fun with them and coming up with names for them.
Vanessa showed us some little pottery sculptures by a tree and told us that they were based on a type of fungus that is found in nature. We had to be very careful not to stand on them!
There were sculptures that were like cameras in the gardens, that when you looked in at a certain angle we could see the gardens, trees, the glasshouses and each other on the other side.
We visited a big wooden beehive that we sat in and hummed to feel it vibrating around us.
All and all, we had a great trip and we look forward to the next one!
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6th Class OLV 2017-2018
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3/8/2019 07:12:06

Wow, that Botanic Garden is pretty much amazing. There's a lot of interesting figures to look forward too. The designer of the garden is good at his job. The looks of those children tell that they have fun in touring around the place. I wonder what part in Botanic Garden is their favorite. I wanted to go there too and also bring my children. I am sure they will love it too and they will be having fun in touring around it.


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