Mosaicultures Internationales(R): Flower & Plant Mosaics at the Botanical Gardens of Montreal

This is what we did & saw all afternoon & early evening on Monday here,  it's part of an international festival of flower mosaics that hadn't been hosted by Montreal in 10 years. Each plant "sculpture" is made/sponsored by a country and or city. Gorgeous, right? I don't remember the information for each sculpture below, but I'll try to share what I can remember.

 This piano is from Japan (you can see Mount Fuji on the inside):

 This sculpture from Shanghai, China is based on the true story of a young woman who was passionate about saving cranes and who died in a swamp while rescuing an injured crane:

 The man who planted trees:

 this is from the city of Montreal:

 The bird tree (Canada):

 They chose to portray about 8 species birds (several of which! I add this because of the commenter who actually counted the birds or something), most of these species are almost extinct, which is heartbreaking. Three of the eight are from Brazil. :-( I almost cried just reading about the birds.

 This one is from a city in China too. The Chinese sculputures are some of the biggest (this is HUGE) and most beautiful. (I'm not sharing the American one right now, it's pretty lame, with some farmers & produce)

 This is from Canada too (the majority is) and it portrays "mother earth:"

 Tree Man:

 I'll try to share more pictures of the Botanical Gardens later! Tonight, if all goes well, we'll see hot air balloons!! (I hope to share too).