Even if you’re not into gardening yourself, the plant sculptures in the international Montreal Mosaiculture Exhibition will blow your mind. As defined in the official website of the event, mosaiculture “is a refined horticultural art that involves creating and mounting living artworks made primarily from plants with colorful foliage (generally annuals, and occasionally perennials).” It is also a highly complex form of art, requiring different sets of skills from all the participating artists: not only do they have to plan and build the framework of the beautiful sculptures and match the colors, it is also important to understand the maintenance of each plant they use.

This year over 200 horticultural artists from all around the world present 40 living plant sculptures, created from more than 22 000 different plant species – over 3 million of colorful flowers overall! The sculpture art will be showcased in 10 exhibition greenhouses and 30 themed gardens at the Montréal Botanical Garden until 29 September. The flower art competition also touches on ecology, challenging artists to work around the “Land of Hope” theme and interpret it in their sculptures from the ecological point of view.

The Mosaïcultures Internationale unique art competition was founded back in 2000 by Lise Cormier after she visited China. This is where Lisa saw an enchanting 40-feet-high sculpture of 3 doves made entirely from beautiful flowers and was instantly inspired to bring the idea back home. Don’t miss your chance to visit the event!

Website: mosaiculturesinternationales.ca (via: thisiscolossal)

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