GLEN BURNIE GARDENS IN WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA CONTINUED - 9-17-24 - PART 3

 This is the entrance to the garden. I should say first that they are closed on Monday, both garden and the museum next door. You can buy your tickets at the kiosk on other days, and also inside the museum. Their link is here. 

This is all part of the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. If any of you find yourself in the area, the address is 901 Amherst St., Winchester, VA 22601, and contact information can be found at this link. Their main phone number is 540-662-1473 and their toll free number is 888-556-5799.

I shared the daffodils in this post and also an information marker about the artist.

Photos don't do any of these exhibits justice, but it was fun taking them. I also love the old stone walls.

I explained on my previous post that the following are hollyhocks, and the piece was inspired by the original celluloid hollyhocks used in the production of the "Wizard of Oz" which the artist saw during a backstage tour at Disney World.

You can click on all the pictures to enlarge for better detail.

I am once again sharing a photo Gregg took. This is in the statue garden and you can see the crepe myrtle piece behind it. If you ever followed Greek mythology, the statue depicts a Bacchante or Maenad. Maenads were the female followers of Dionysus, often depicted as mad women who roamed the mountains and forests performing frenzied dances. This sculpture is a copy of a marble bust by Leandro Biglioschi. I couldn't find out much about him other than that he was an Italian artist who was born in the 19th Century.

Another view that I took with my cell phone.

Onto another piece, also in the Statue Garden was one called Wave Crest.

One more glass exhibit and then I am going to put the machine up for the night. In the center you can just about see it.

I didn't get close enough to take a photo of the ID info but found it on a leaflet picked up at the kiosk as we entered. These last two photos are Gregg's. He asked very nicely for me to stay off the grass as it was still wet and very slippery, the undulations would have done me in, and he knows my reputation. He took the photos for me.

This is called 'Making A Wish'. It is a dandelion puff, and one of my favorites even at a distance.

I am slowly making my way through the exhibits we saw that day. It is hard to transfer these amazing pieces into a photo, but I was very happy to be able to see most of them relatively closely. 

There will be more posts next week.

Thanks for looking and I hope your day is a great one.