1camera1mom: Botanical Garden, South Africa

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Botanical Garden, South Africa - Part 1

The Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden has a wide variety of semi-desert plants, including succulents. Recently, larger-than-life insect sculptures were added to the garden. They make the visit so much more fun, because you might stumble upon one when you least expect it. Some can even be found hiding in the trees. I took Amanda and my camera to go see them just before the sun set. The sculptures were certainly impressive. The one that looks too real for my comfort is the huge mosquito.

Dragonfly

Grasshopper

Beetle

Fly

Ant

Scorpion

Mosquito

Dung Beetle

Wild Flowers

Funny Sign about Bins by SANBI

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stevebethere 82p · 564 weeks ago

That is so unusual fab photos heheh!
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rhondaalbom 64p · 564 weeks ago

Cool insect statues.
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craftyspices 66p · 564 weeks ago

That is so awesome that they would have insects at such a scale, back where we lived in Chicago they had some but they were only ants. This would be an awesome place for little ones to learn so much.
Thanks for sharing and have a lovely rest of the week!
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