Art in the Garden Works!

Online, October 15, 2009 (Newswire.com) - Kingsbrae Garden mounted a successful new Sculpture Garden and all-season Competition, with seventeen entries from Newfoundland & Labrador to British Columbia. At the close of the season, prizes are awarded: 1st place is "Canadian Geese in Flight", by Kerry O'Toole of Woodstock, New Brunswick. Second prize goes to the bronze "Heron" by Brett Davis of Newmarket, Ontario.

"Silver Maple", by Mark Breckenridge of Bluevale, Ontario won the People's Choice distinction, through voting by the thousands of visitors to Kingsbrae Garden over the season. Honourable mentions go to Lawrence Wuest of Woodstock, New Brunswick for "Capstan Dance" and Bozena Happach of Montreal, Quebec for "Windy Day". The entire line-up of the competition and information for next year's competition is available online at www.kingsbraegarden.com. Click on Cafe, then Art in the Garden.

Submissions are now closed for the 2010 Great Canadian Sculpture Competition, with entries again received from coast to coast.

Sculptures not awarded prizes are for sale to the public; some sales have occurred this year, as in past seasons. The winning sculptures will be on permanent display at Kingsbrae Garden. As each year's first prize winner and possibly the second are added, the Sculpture Garden will house a growing and significant awardspermanent collection, added to over two dozen sculptures and fountains found throughout the 27-acre site. Ingenious plantings make the discovery of each sculpture a mini-adventure, encouraging visitors to appreciate each on its own merits, while strolling through a verdant horticultural creation, across Monet-style bridges and rocky streams. The juxtaposition of art and nature adds an extra pleasure for visitors of all ages and interests. Numerous benches alongside kilometres of trails make ideal stops for rest and contemplation-plus the inspiration for and creation of more art. Painters, photographers and other artists are always welcome.

Comments from many visitors were glowing in appreciation of the Sculpture Competition. Even visitors who were slightly coerced into coming to the Garden by their nearest and dearest passionate gardener declared themselves pleasantly surprised, praising the sculptures and numerous other features, such as the alpacas, peacocks and a wide variety of activities for children.

Kingsbrae Garden is open daily, mid-May to mid-October. With reports from many gardens, museums and other tourist attractions across North America reporting declines in visitation this year, Kingsbrae Garden is pleased to announce a small but welcome increase over 2008. Evidently, art works.

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Maureen McIlwain * Marketing Director *(506) 529-9024 or cell (506) 469-1024
[email protected] * Kingsbrae Garden, St Andrews, NB Canada