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Excerpt from www.thestar.com of May 31, 2018:
The approximately 15-foot sculpture outside Hamilton City Hall, was developed using Carex buchananii (leatherleaf sedge), a sage grass native to New Zealand and grown in the city greenhouses this spring.
The grasses were rooted into a frame created by local metal artist Trevor McInytre with the internal infrastructure designed and implemented by the horticultural staff. This includes soil and a watering system inside the sculpture to keep Ralph’s “fur” healthy and growing throughout the hot summer.
The whimsical garden’s designs were initiated by Marcia Monaghan, superintendent of horticulture for the city.
She said her inspiration came from seeing Mosaïculture, a huge horticultural display in Ottawa last year.
Monaghan said that despite all the significant dog references — including the mayor’s dog, the OHL-winning Bulldogs and the fact that it is the Year of the Dog in Chinese culture — none of these were actually the inspiration for the sculpture.
“We just thought it would be fun,” Monaghan said.
The gardens, which also include a huge butterfly, will be completed midday Friday.
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Excerpt from cbc.ca:
Meet Mickey Mantis, a 14-foot floral sculpture being installed in the forecourt by the horticulture team on Tuesday.
The city says the installation is expected to take two days to complete, and will remain on display throughout the summer and into early October, weather permitting.
City hall isn't the first site where Micky Mantis has strutted its stuff.
The sculpture was previously displayed at the 2019 Fall Garden and Mum Show. It's made up of approximately 1,300 individual plants, according to the city.
Floral heaven
Seven kinds of plants make up the praying mantis, including moss, six Alternanthera varieties and Lysimachia nummularia (also known as goldilocks, moneywort and creeping jenny).
Materials for the floral display will be transported from the Gage Park greenhouse to city hall, where they'll be assembled by six horticulture team members.
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Excerpt from www.insauga.com/meet-stripes-the-10-foot-tall-floral-tige...:
Prepare to be captivated by a grrreat sight as you stroll past City Hall in downtown Hamilton. A 10-foot tiger has ‘clawed’ its way into the building’s premises and is here to stay until the end of summer, according to a social media post by the City.
“Stripes,” the tiger sculpture, is based on the beloved Tiger-Cats mascot, proudly showcasing Hamilton’s cherished football team. It’s comprised of over 2,000 individual plants, with an additional 984 plants in the football for the mascot to play with.
“We were inspired this year (as) the Hamilton Ticats are hosting the Grey Cup and we wanted to boost up the excitement around the Grey Cup,” Robyn Pollard, Manager of Forestry and Horticulture, told intheHammer.com.
Every few years, the Hamilton horticulture team puts together an elaborate floral display and has been working over the last few months to put together and paint the current display.
The sculpture primarily features Bronco Carex grass, adorned with spray paint to create the iconic yellow and black stripes reminiscent of the Tiger-Cats’ colours.
“Although the actual colour is gold, we’ve used quite a bit of spray paint to achieve the signature Ticat look,” Pollard added.
The team will also add a goalpost to this display tomorrow (Jun 1). As visitors stroll past City Hall, they will be greeted by the immense presence of Stripes, a symbol of Hamilton’s spirit and passion for its sports teams.
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Excerpt from supercrawl.ca:
St Marie φ Walker‘s When you think of me… draws attention to the social and psychological forces that construct our sense of self. The qualities that we choose to define us also conceal many of our vulnerabilities, contradictions, and insecurities. The rise of a virtual dimension and its carefully curated profiles and threads more easily house our constructed self, but also the internalized conflicts of human nature. The collaborative dyad of Denise St Marie and Timothy Walker, St Marie φ Walker has installed work in Japan, China and different parts of North America, including Las Vegas, Chicago, Detroit, Victoria, the Canadian Prairies, the Niagara Region, Windsor, London, Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
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