The Gainesville Garden is open 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday, May 27 for Memorial Day. All active or retired military service members will receive free admission to the Garden with a valid military I.D.
Plan your visit to see Alex Heveri’s: Glass in Flight. Featured will be 15 of artist Alex Heveri’s glass and steel sculptures of gigantic insects. The sculptures are Dalle de Verre, French for “glass slab,” a technique that utilizes thick, 1-inch slabs of glass in large pieces to create the sculptures.
The exhibit, set for April 27 – October 13, will consist of 12 installations of 15 individual sculptures. Guests will marvel at the 7-foot praying mantis and the 6-foot beehive with four bees. A bamboo arch will extend over one of the garden pathways with five dragonflies perched on it. In addition, there will be an adult hummingbird and baby hummingbirds sitting on metal tree branches.