Creating a tiny tour through Kentucky

Paul Busse, an Alexandria landscape architect whose company, Applied Imagination, has earned international acclaim for its detailed scenes featuring the nation's most recognized landmarks.

Now Busse is bringing his talent to the Kentucky Children's Garden at The Arboretum in Lexington, which will feature a display of such Kentucky landmarks as the state Capitol building, Churchill Downs, and Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home.

Busse's buildings are constructed with foam, and every square inch of the display is covered with botanical materials.

His company also builds the giant bridges that people walk under, and sets up the trains that run from ground level to up over the viewers.

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