Photos: Ice Sculptures Featured at Queset Gardens

Images via Friends of Easton Public Gardens

Families enjoyed the beauty of winter with professionally made ice sculptures on display in Easton.

The Friends of Easton Public Gardens commissioned seven ice sculptures from Don Chapelle of Brilliant Ice Sculpture. Chapelle is known for his ice sculpture work in the Boston area.

Anyone who took a tour around Queset Gardens behind Ames Free Library was able to see the ice sculptures, including:

• An Eiffel Tower sculpture that lit up at night
• A snow globe with a bouquet of roses suspended in the ice
• A girl chasing a butterfly with a net
• An oversized snowflake
• An oversized timeplace
• A sculpture of Saint Valentine

The purpose of the ice sculpture display was to encourage families to go outside and enjoy nature, said Karen Rich Cacciapuoti, President of Friends of Easton Public Gardens.

“It doesn’t matter if you got two feet of snow on the ground or one inch. Go out and enjoy it,” she said.

The opening night of the sculptures on Valentine’s Day also featured a huge dance party inside Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, 3 Barrows St. in North Easton.

Residents dressed in their warmest fleeces for a Valentine’s Day dance party and strolled through a display of the professionally made ice sculptures.

Cacciapuoti said the party was almost a sell out and “nobody wanted to go home.”

More on the event:

• A Night of Fire and Ice: Enjoy The Beauty of Winter in Easton

The opening night helped generate funds for future projects at Wayside Estate and the “Go Wild” program, which promotes understanding and appreciation of landscape heritage in Easton.

Friends of Easton Public Gardens wanted to thank their sponsors: Bank of Easton, Albert Basse and Associates, the Farmer’s Daughter, Rose Hill Garden, The Avery Lee Williams Family Trust, Timeless Antiques, Hilliards Candy, Churchill Linen, Sharkansky and Company, The perfect Party, Friends of Oakes Ames Memorial Hall, Nelson Cruz Entertainment, Jezard Flooring and Carpet, Pine Oaks Shaws, and Fairway Landscaping.

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