Meet the creative team at the Alexandria, Kentucky-based studio Applied Imagination, whose holiday and seasonal train displays meld botanical design and architecture, delighting crowds at botanical gardens across the United States.
Meet the Applied Imagination team, visit the workshop, and witness the process of creating intricate garden railway displays. Each building in these tiny towns is historically accurate, architecturally correct, and constructed of plant materials. ©KET Muse Moments
Cindy Johnson, lead botanical architect for the northern Kentucky studio Applied Imagination, shows the process used to create a botanical representation of the Carson Mansion of Eureka, California. ©KET Muse Moments
Treasures of New York Holiday Train Show featuring Paul Busse and Applied Imagination. ©WNET New York Public Media
CBS Early Show featuring Paul Busse and Applied Imagination. ©CBS
Holiday Train Show with David Hartman featuring Paul Busse and Applied Imagination. ©2007 Wickford Junction Productions, Inc.
Locomotion in the Garden at Atlanta Botanical Garden. ©Atlanta Botanical Garden
Jingle Rails at Eiteljorg Museum featuring Paul Busse and Applied Imagination. ©Eiteljorg Museum