BOTANIC GARDENS 21 JUNE 2023
I cannot find any information relating to this sculpture near the main entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. This sculpture is on permanent display and I have photographed it a number of times because I like it.
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NO EVIDENCE OF THE RESIDENT TURTLES 28 APRIL 2023
THE DUCK POND AREA
The pond and nearby is the most popular area for children especially as there is the possibility of seeing at least one of the five turtles/terrapins who have decided that the pond is their “forever home”. I am not sure that the terrapins have survived as I have not seen any of them for more than a year, however, someone did contact a year ago to say that they was a new addition bring the total to six.
In March 2019 I contacted management and received the following response:
Hi William
Thank you for your concern regarding the turtles in the pond. They have been in the pond now for at least 4 years. They were abandoned there without our knowledge but they survive ok by themselves so seem to be quite happy there. They like to sun themselves at the edge of the pond when the weather is warm so they are more visible in summer.
Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.
Best regards
Visitor Centre
National Botanic Gardens
There is also a sculpture, designed by Charles Jencks, which celebrates the 60th anniversary of the discovery of the DNA double helix in 1953. It is a gift to the nation from private donors. It demonstrates our growing knowledge of RNA. It is only recently that we have discovered that all life on earth, from microbes to plants and animals are all related to one another.
note: a young girl corrected me saying that the sculpture relates to RNA rather than DNA and I was not in a position to argue
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SCULPTURE IN THE BOTANIC GARDENS – LITTLE BOY
NO INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT PRESENT
I cannot find any information relating to this sculpture near the main entrance to the Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin. This sculpture is on permanent display.
Sculpture in Context (Thursday 6th Sept to Friday 13th Oct 2023) is the longest running, most prestigious sculpture exhibition in Ireland. Staged annually in the National Botanic Gardens in Dublin, this unique exhibition showcases the inspiring and extraordinary work of both established and emerging artists throughout the magnificent 50 acres of landscaped gardens located in Glasnevin, just three kilometres from Dublin City Centre.
The opening night is one of the most popular and well attended art launches in Dublin and over the six weeks of the exhibition, in excess of 100,000 people will visit the exhibition.
The 50 acres of landscaped gardens give an unrivalled opportunity to show art beyond the gallery walls and in a natural context, selected artists have the opportunity to exhibit their work in this wonderful location.
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FLOWERS IN ALL THEIR GLORY 28 APRIL 2023
I USED A SONY FX-30 CAMERA
Flowers have long been appreciated by humans for their beauty and pleasant scents, and also hold cultural significance as religious, ritual, or symbolic objects, or sources of medicine and food.
Most flowering plants depend on animals, such as bees, moths, and butterflies, to transfer their pollen between different flowers, and have evolved to attract these pollinators by various strategies, including brightly colored, conspicuous petals, attractive scents, and the production of nectar, a food source for pollinators. In this way, many flowering plants have co-evolved with pollinators be mutually dependent on services they provide to one another—in the plant’s case, a means of reproduction; in the pollinator’s case, a source of food.
MR SQUIRREL WAS DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE I DID NOT GIVE HIM ANY FOOD
A few years ago, while visiting the Botanic Gardens, I overheard a woman complaining to a member of staff that she had been bitten by a squirrel.
Until recently they often had red squirrels feeding on the ground, especially around Pine Hill. Since 2005, however, they have not been seen. Red squirrels are displaced by the introduced grey squirrels, which are able to eat unripe nuts, thus outcompeting the red squirrels by eating most of the food resources before they are palatable to the reds. The spread of pine martens across the country is often a forerunner of red squirrels successfully making a comeback so they may return from the populations on Howth Head and Killiney Hill. Although the grey squirrels are delightful to watch, please remember that they are wild animals – not pets, they often bite.
