Four Sculptures Open at Huntsville Botanical Garden’s Nature Unframed

huntsville Botanical Garden opened four new sculptures in its Nature Unframed exhibit on Friday, June 5, 2026. The installations are included with Garden admission and remain on view through Oct. 31.

Rebecca Turk, the Garden’s vice president of learning and public engagement, said the exhibit marks “an exciting evolution in how we connect people to plants.” She added that integrating art into the landscape creates “opportunities for curiosity, creativity and deeper engagement with the natural world for visitors of all ages.”

Nature Unframed at Huntsville

The Garden invited local and regional artists late last year to design installations rooted in its mission of connecting people to plants through art. Four artists were selected to execute and install four large-scale works for Nature Unframed, turning the trail into a time-limited display rather than a permanent addition.

The artists introduced their work during a panel discussion the evening before the exhibit opened. Visitors entering the Garden now can look for large photo frames placed throughout the grounds and share their experience using the hashtag #NatureUnframed.

Jennifer Moore’s installations

Jennifer Moore, an artist and director of public art for Arts Huntsville, described one of the interactive pieces in detail. She said, “The Fungiphone drums are tuned especially to the pentatonic scales with two to three notes per drum across two octaves. They are modeled after the honey mushroom, which is why they are the color they are. That is one of the most widespread mushroom species in the world and is also found here in Alabama.”

Moore also described Unus Mundus, saying, “In ‘Unus Mundus,’ which means ‘one world,’ I hope people will discover that each of the five drums has different notes, so to engage the whole, two-octave scale, people have to work together.”

For visitors, the practical change is simple: Nature Unframed is now open, the art is already in place, and the exhibit will stay accessible through Oct. 31. Those planning a visit can pair the Garden experience with the installations and look for the framed photo spots across the grounds.