The eternal cycles of nature, while changing, never lose their creativity.
Art is one way to harmonize and visualize the "sensibility to feel beauty" and "science reveals its truth.”
The plants of this art garden are designed to bloom in sequence over the course of a year.
They are intended to evoke our imagination about the cycles of nature and time, and to pass on the vegetation of the present to future generations.
The plants are native species to the biodiversity conservation zone.
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The garden is also marked with north, east, west, and south, and is designed to help visitors feel a connection to the stars, the sunrise and sunset, and the position of Polaris.
Japan is a warm and humid country with diverse vegetation in each of the four seasons.
Since ancient times, Japanese people have always believed that nature and art should not be in conflict, but rather in harmony, and human beings, as part of nature, have always found beauty in nature.
The creator, Dr. Mikako Tomotari is the professor of art at Kyushu University and a descendant of a nature-worshipping of Buddhist monk of Shugendo.
This garden is a homage to the Shugendo mandala that expresses that we are all connected and this great relationship keeps us alive.
This art garden will evoke in people's minds an image of the cycles of nature and time, and is a way to pass on the vegetation of the present to future generations.
The truth of science is shared as images of diverse beauty and
when it becomes "the starting point of imagination for the future" in people's minds,
science will regenerate itself toward inclusiveness and sustainability.
Image descriptions (left to right)
- The biodiversity conservation zone
- Construction by students in Kyushu University
- Seasonal flowering clock and sunset (before planting)
- Planting native species from biodiversity conservation zone by next generation, the children of scientists.
- The biodiversity conservation zone (another photo)
- Transportation of plants by plant scientist Prof. Dr. Yahara and students.
- Giving water and shade to the plants.
- Entrance of the biodiversity conservation zone