Glass globe and trees
On Sunday I returned to Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, bringing along a friend who hadn’t visited for a couple of years, and another who had only seen the Chihuly at night. Coincidentally, the Miami Herald has an article today about the Garden’s success with the exhibit, discussing the increase in attendance with the glassworks went on display.
After seeing it a second time, I am sticking with my original assessment: you are better off with a daytime visit than the Tropical Chihuly Nights. The standard admission is less expensive, allows more than two hours to explore the gardens, and all of the art is visible. Sure, there are a few pieces which were designed for night exhibition — the neon chandeliers in the tropical fruit pavilion, the spidery purple lights in the rainforest — but that is outweighed by the number of works which are barely visible at all at night.
Orchid bat-angel
For those interested, my previous Chihuly at Fairchild posts are here and here and here.
A subtle reminder of the 2005 hurricane season
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As for the Caution sign: They might just as well reprint them without the name of the hurricane and use velcro to change the names as they tear through Dade.