{"id":17575,"date":"2024-04-03T12:53:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T17:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/?p=17575"},"modified":"2024-04-09T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T15:16:43","slug":"marvelous-mural-springs-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/marvelous-mural-springs-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Marvelous Mural Springs to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-2189163a gb-headline-text\">We&#8217;re thrilled to announce our new mural is officially complete!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-block-image gb-block-image-71b43328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-71b43328 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" title=\"Comfort Station Mural (1)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-880x660.jpg 880w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1440px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1440\/1080;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" class=\"gb-image gb-image-71b43328\" src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" title=\"Comfort Station Mural (1)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-1-880x660.jpg 880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In support of our mission to Enrich Lives Through Natural Beauty, Education, and the Arts, we enlisted the talented local artist, Emily Balsley, to create a whimsical mural inside the Gardens&#8217; new Comfort Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This colorful addition welcomes visitors as they enter the Comfort Station and covers a good portion of the hallway leading to the restrooms. The design features larger-than-life flowers that can be found in the Gardens, such as alliums, bee balm, coneflowers, and salvia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It also showcases some of our local wildlife including monarch and swallowtail butterflies, rusty patch bees, a hummingbird, and an oriole. Check out the photos below for a preview of this beautiful mural!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17710\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Emily Balsley works on her Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17710 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-880x1173.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-scaled.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 768px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 768\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"17710\" src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Artist Emily Balsley works on her Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-540x720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-880x1173.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-3-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17711\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17711 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-880x660.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17711\" src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17711\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4-880x660.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-4.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17712\" data-src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17712 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-880x660.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5.jpg 1440w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/768;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" data-id=\"17712\" src=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Comfort Station Mural\" class=\"wp-image-17712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-720x540.jpg 720w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5-880x660.jpg 880w, https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Comfort-Station-Mural-5.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-108fb105 gb-headline-text\">About the artist<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Emily Balsley is an illustrator &amp; muralist based out of Madison, WI. She is an active member of the creative community and has completed various creative projects throughout Wisconsin, including murals located at Unity Point Meriter, Stoughton Public Library, Milton Public Library, and outside St. Mary&#8217;s School in Janesville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A special thank you to Emily for sharing her artistic talents with us, and for all of the hard work she put into this piece. We would also like to thank Marsha Mood for documenting the progress of this mural over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We can&#8217;t wait for you to <a href=\"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/hours-location\/\">visit us<\/a> and see for yourself!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The comfort station mural showcases local wildlife, including monarch and swallowtail butterflies, rusty patch bees, a hummingbird, and an oriole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17575"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17575"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17718,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17575\/revisions\/17718"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rotarybotanicalgardens.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}