近距离内射合集

After more than two decades and generations of frolicking kids, the Children鈥檚 Fantasy Garden at the ABQ BioPark Botanic Garden is being reimagined.

The $5.5 million project began with community surveys, said Allyson Zahm, guest experience manager.

鈥淲e really wanted to leave it open and make sure that we weren鈥檛 steering the conversation,鈥� Zahm said.

The surveys drew over 1,500 responses, and several on-site interactions gathered additional ideas. Zahm said kids made clay sculptures and drawings to show their version of a fantasy garden, which shaped the redesign.

鈥淲hat used to be sort of a shrunken land is going to get a whole new storyline,鈥� she said.

Some parts, like the dragon at the entrance, will remain mostly the same with a few updates, she said, while other areas are getting a completely new look.

鈥淭he interior garden is gonna kind of bring all the community鈥檚 dreams to life,鈥� Zahm said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got a rainbow-colored path that will guide everybody through the fantasy garden.鈥�

The new areas include a sensory garden with large butterfly sculptures creating a kaleidoscope of colors on the ground, a kinetic garden with hands-on, movement-based items, and an area with trolls.

Zahm said they wanted the area to foster imagination and dreams and to allow 鈥渒ids to create their own storyline.鈥� 

鈥淲hat I'm most excited about in here is just the stories that kids are gonna create as they play, and just all the different ways they鈥檒l explain the trolls and the treasure and the castle,鈥� Zahm said, 鈥渁nd I just can鈥檛 wait for them to create their own version of this world.鈥�

Many parents said they wanted a place where their kids can engage with and play in nature. Zahm said the horticulture teams have developed exciting ways to interact with the environment, including the use of aromatic plants.

Educational volunteers will teach about nature, and host story times and summer camps. 

鈥淚 think creating a space that inspires imagination and gets those creative juices flowing is a great antidote to the amount of time that kids are spending on screens these days, where all the answers are easy and come flowing at you,鈥� Zahm said.

The current fantasy garden will close after Labor Day to begin construction, she said. The construction is expected to take two years to complete, funded by a voter-approved 1/8-cent gross receipts tax. The new design was developed by architecture firm Dekker, civil engineering firm Bohannan Huston Inc. and arts organization Meow Wolf. 

Before closing, she said the hope is that kids will come to the current fantasy garden for the last time to enjoy the giant pumpkin, ants and more, taking away memories while getting excited for the new features.

鈥淲hat we see now are people who used to play in the gardens as kids are now parents, and they鈥檙e bringing their kids back to play,鈥� Zahm said, 鈥渁nd so we want to make sure that every generation gets a really high-quality experience.鈥�

Elizabeth Secor is an arts fellow for the 近距离内射合集. You can reach her at esecor@abqjournal.com.