once i finally got my photos from the weekend uploaded i realized i had taken hundreds of them. literally. so i'll show you our excursion in spurts for now. as i've been telling you, last weekend we went to the frederick meijer gardens and sculpture park in grand rapids and we had the best time.
both of my parents are originally from grand rapids so i have been visiting the park for my entire life. it's amazing to see the way it has grown and what used to be just botanical gardens and a butterfly conservatory has transformed into an enormous facility with an outdoor art museum, farm garden, hiking trails, chihuly chandeliers, amphitheater, traveling exhibits and so much more. grizzly bear is coming to play there in a few months... maybe we'll be heading back for that! if you are ever in the area and have time for a visit i highly recommend it!
what you won't see pictured is the newest addition to the gardens' permanent collection, an enormous buddha head sculpture by artist zhang huan. the piece is currently on display at the gardens' indoor showcase gallery along with a traveling exhibit of more of huan's work.
here are a few more of the photos from our excursion!
hopefully this gives you a little preview of our extremely cool visit. more pictures will be sure to come soon!
hope everybody has a great second half to the week!
