LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Descanso Gardens debuts World Pollinators, a new large-scale botanical sculpture exhibition at the Descanso Railroad. The exhibition spotlights the unexpected and essential pollinators found across the globe – from moths and beetles to bats, birds, lemurs, and geckos.<\/p>\n
The installation features ten oversized botanical sculptures, each measuring approximately 3-6 feet tall and intentionally scaled for visual impact and close-up viewing. Each work pairs a pollinator with its corresponding plant and is handcrafted entirely from natural materials.<\/p>\n
Visual highlights include a yucca moth sculpted from driftwood and palm fiber, a long-tongued fruit bat with wings formed from roots and leaves, and a black-and-white ruffed lemur rendered from moss, seed pods, bark, and fibers – all installed throughout the Descanso Railroad landscape.<\/p>\n
Pollinators represented include:<\/p>\n
Yucca Moth & Yucca Flower (North America)<\/p>\n
Red Milkweed Beetle & Butterfly Milkweed (North America)<\/p>\n
Long-Tongued Fruit Bat & Banana Flower (Southeast Asia)<\/p>\n
Chocolate Midge & Cacao (Central & South America)<\/p>\n
Euglena Bee & Vanilla Orchid (Mexico & Belize)<\/p>\n
Black & White Ruffed Lemur & Ravenala Flower (Madagascar)<\/p>\n
Eastern Pygmy Possum & Banksia Flower (Australia)<\/p>\n
Honeycreeper & Lobelia Flower (Hawai’i)<\/p>\n
Male Mosquito & Blunt Leaf Orchid (North America)<\/p>\n
Day Gecko & Trochetia Flower (Mascarene Islands)<\/p>\n
Where: Happening at Descanso Gardens, 1418 Descanso Drive, La Ca\u00f1ada Flintridge, CA 91011<\/p>\n
Parking: Parking is available in Descanso Gardens’ main parking lot.<\/p>\n