Administered by Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners Parks & Recreation Division 3500 Oak Grove Road Loganville Georgia 30249
Located Vines Botanical Gardens 3500 Oak Grove Road Loganville Georgia 30249
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia, Atlanta survey, 1994.
Image on file.
unsigned
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Summary:
A fountain with a mermaid on top and a dolphin and a smaller child mermaid on her proper right. The mermaid is nude and holds a shell up to her mouth with her proper left hand. The child holds a shell up to its mouth with its proper right hand. During warmer weather water sprays from the shells. The figures are atop a four-tiered, circular base carved with seashells, plants, and dragonflies. On the second tier from the top there are four cherubs, two riding sea horses and two riding turtles. The lowest tier of the base is surrounded by a ring of jets water enclosed within a circular basin.