The last post left me looking for the entrance to Botanica Wichita.

I found it.

Just inside the entrance I saw Lego images. I may have taken more photos of Lego art than of plants. Lego bricks were (and are?) a big part of a couple of my kids’ lives.

These images were impressive enough, but wait until you see the statues outside.

Each Lego artwork is accompanied by a sign that tells a little about the image from the perspective of an artist and of a scientist. The signs include the number of Lego bricks and the time it took to build the piece. The artist is Sean Kenny from New York who has been creating Lego art for 20 years. To see the incredible array of his work check out his website (but come back here). This Nature POP! show is one of his traveling exhibits.

There were also beautiful flowers at Botanica Wichita!

I don’t know if you can read this sign the way I have it formatted here. It tells that this sculpture uses 73,500 bricks and took 279 hours to build.

There was a collection of rabbits and off to the right out of the photo there was a fox.

One of many begonias. I didn’t just look at Lego art.

I walked through the bee garden and found this enclosure at one end. It was difficult to get a photo of this but you can see some recently emerged butterflies at the bottom and on the right side. These are all chrysalis’ along the rods, many with labels.

I walked through a bird sculpture garden.

This dragonfly is near the exit.

Black-eyed Susan.

This little excursion gave me a 7-mile walk. After I returned to the hotel I spent time in the vendor hall and visiting with friends.

One more day…