Pictured: Prickly Pear Shrine box on the trail, Mollie Doctrow

Title of Exhibition
Wildflower Wayside Shrine Trail – Re-opens

Dates of Exhibition
March 1 – Ongoing

Organization hosting exhibition
South Florida State College Museum of Florida Art & Culture

About the Exhibition
The Museum of Florida Art and Culture celebrates the re-opening of the Wildflower Wayside Shrine Trail with a monthlong celebration, featuring guided tours, nature and art activities, exhibition, and a photo contest.

Curator Emerita of MOFAC, Doctrow conceived of the trail from her own exploration of the natural world and from the shrine boxes of India. Along the Wayside Shrine Trail are nine shrine boxes, created by Doctrow to honor the endangered plant species found on the Lake Wales Ridge. Six shrine boxes are located on the SFSC campus and three boxes are located at Archbold Biological Station.

The shrine box covers are reproductions of original carved wood blocks. Inside the shrine boxes are botanical shadow boxes and journals that tell about the plants. Visitors are encouraged to write in the shrine journals, thereby sharing their impressions with their fellow travelers, and to make rubbings of the shrine boxes as mementos of their visits.