The Gardens-Based on the Gardens of Abdul Gasazi

The Gardens-Based on the Gardens of Abdul Gasazi, a set on Flickr.

Although it took two more weeks than expected-due to my terrible bout with bronchial pneumonia-finally students built and wrote about imaginary fantasy gardens after reading Chris Van Allsberg's "The Garden of Abdul Gasazi." The story told of a dog, Fritz, that is rather a biter who runs from the care of a little boy Alan who is dog sitting for Miss Hester. Once inside the mysterious gardens of this odd Mr. Gasazi you are left to ponder if he was turned into a duck. Because the images rely on surreal topiary, it lent itself to an exploration of imaginary parks, ones the students tried to build in Playdough that we got. Lots of fun, very inspiring. Plus I think everyone enjoyed trying a hand at 3 dimensional model making.