The Land Art Exhibition is on at the Singapore Botanic Gardens from 8-24 Jul 11.
What is Land Art and what has the Little Red Riding Hood got to do with this? Check out the link below for some reference:
http://www.sbg.org.sg/calendar/regisform.asp?ID=654
The first land art display shown here is titled 'Bloom' and was inspired by a cleaner sweeping the floor. Made out of palm fronds, the message is to keep our living environment clean.
The second display here is 'Far Away Tree' inspired by the beauty of the roots of the tree. The extended roots are actually Smilax vines and the display is meant to remind us that regardless of how far we go, we should never forget our roots.
The third art installation is known as 'The Fly Away Bird' and was put together using parts of a palm and the bird's nest is the dried inflorescence. We have to protect our nature, otherwise the birds would someday be gone too.
Are these inspiring enough? Check out all the displays for a full picture of the whole exhibition.
Sometimes, it is interesting to look at things with a different perspective just by looking them from an aerial view. At the Floral Walk, one can look at the landscape from the bridge going up to the Alexandra Arch linking to the Southern Ridges.
From where I was standing, I was looking at a Chocolate Soldier (scientific name: Junonia iphita) sipping nectar from the white flowers of the aggressive climbing weed Smilax aspera growing on the crown of the trees at Floral Walk.
I love to see the different colours and textures of the 2 trees that I planted - Amesiodendron chinense and Caesalpinia ferrea. The former was displaying some nutrient deficiency symptoms but its slightly feathery-like leaves were lighter in colour.
Across the other side of the Alexandra Arch, I took the photos of the flowering Albizia falcata. Walking back towards Floral Walk, I also noticed that the crown of the Amesiodendron showed a 2 tone colour - a lighter green and a light cream colour. Deep inside the crown were the heavily damaged older green leaves caused by chewing insects. There was no sign of any pests on the leaves though.
