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Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

 Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

 Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 
Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

 Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

 Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 

 Island Garden by Lorna Jordan

 
Island Garden by Lorna Jordan Island Garden by Lorna Jordan Island Garden by Lorna Jordan Island Garden by Lorna Jordan
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Title:   Island Garden
Artist:   Lorna Jordan
Location:  

Long Key Flamingo Natural Area, City of Davie, FL
Medium:   Installation with Multiple Components
Size   120' x 88'
Year:  

2009
 
Description
The Island Garden serves as the first selected artwork concept to be implemented. It is approximately 120 feet long by 88 feet wide. Its visual interpretation is reminiscent of patterns in nature such as spiral, branches, and partitions. A pathway spirals down a few feet, providing a window into the subterranean world and heightening the visitor’s experience of Long Key’s topography. Elements such as the pathways contain mosaics that make reference to the sedimentary layers of sand dunes, coral, bryozoans, shells, fish skeletons, and middens that have created the aquifer’s layers of limestone, sand, and sandstone. Pools and planters contribute to a fertile environment that reveals the interaction between water and plants in defining the geology. Visitors are reminded that water is everywhere. Benches and trellis system give people a place to contemplate and to experience shade and the coolness of water.

 

 
 
   
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