- If you have walked through RBG centre this past week, you can’t help but notice that the construction of the Holiday Traditions Train Display is almost done.
- This is the third year that the train display has been set up in McQuesten Theatre to be an integral part of RBG’s Christmas celebrations.
- This display is the product of Applied Imagination, a company that specializes in creating botanical train displays and it features several Canadian landmarks formed from natural materials.
- The garden-scale (G scale) trains are 1/29th the size of life size trains.
- Although Applied Imagination set up the original exhibit, it was dismantled by RBG staff and a few Auxiliary volunteers. Each year it is set back up by the staff, again with the help of volunteers. Last year Auxiliary members added the pond skating scene and this year the figure 8 track has been replaced by a larger loop.
- The Wonders of the World train exhibit was installed in the Mediterranean Garden by Applied Imagination last year and this year RBG has set up a train track in Turner Pavilion, featuring Thomas the Tank engine to help entertain the children while they wait to see Santa.
- If you go to the following link you will see photos of the original setting up of the train exhibit by Applied Imaginations as well as photos of some of its features.
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| Set up of the exhibit in 2012 |
- A visit to this page will show you some of the locations that feature installations of Applied Imagination trains including Botanic Gardens in New York and Washington D.C. Scroll down the page to see the collections of photos.
