Magnolia Seed and Palm

These two sculptures are two of the more modern ones in the Royal Botanic Gardens.

They are a pair of metal structures by Bronwyn Oliver in two locations placed under a magnolia and a palm tree representing the site of the First Farm in Sydney Cove. This area of the Gardens was originally a mud flat that had any manner of organic debris washed up onto the shore which could take root and grow. These sculptures symbolise "the potential for transformation and new life" (taken from the plaque beside the sculpture).

                                                                       Magnolia Seed

 

Palm

 

 Another sculpture "Vine" is located in the foyer of the Sydney Hilton. Most Australian galleries have sculptures by this sculptor who passed away in 2006