Chihuly (glass) in the Missouri Botanical Garden
/My daughter and I made big plans to see the Chihuly pieces in the Missouri Botanical Garden in late June. We made reservations a week in advance to see the gardens (and glass) at night on our first evening in St. Louis…and then planned a daytime walkabout on our last morning. We got to the gardens a little after 6 PM to have dinner in the garden restaurant (Sassafras) and the enjoyed the gardens until about 9:30 PM…from dust to dark. For our morning visit we arrived shortly after the gardens opened. I took pictures frequently…managed to photograph all the Chihuly works listed in the brochure plus 3 more. It was well worth the effort to see the glass several times…in varying light. Enjoy the images….and plan a visit to the gardens if you can! (Note: To see larger images click on any of the images in this post)
Vivid Lime Icicle Tower
Chromatic Neon
River and Cobalt Fiori
Black and Green Striped Herons with Green Grass (one of my favorites)
Red Bulbous Reeds
Ikebana
Macchia Forest
Ethereal Spring Persians (one of my favorites)
Vermilion and Canary Yellow Tower
Turquois Marlins and Floats
White Tower
Float boat and Niijima Floats
Red Reeds
Fiddlehead Ferns (one of my favorites)
Neodymium Reeds on Logs
Individual works (in the Sacs Museum South Gallery)
Summer Sun
Fiori boat and Fiori de Primavera
Cattails and Copper Birch Reeds
Burnished Amber, Citron, and Teal Chandeliers
Three that were not in the brochure:
Sun Gate (although I’m not sure what the official title is)
Cobalt Chandelier
Sunset Herons (one of my favorites)
I am already contemplating going again. The special Chihuly Nights go until late August…the exhibit itself continues until October 15.
