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The Dali Museum Avant-gardens were inspired both by local flora and by Dali's fascination with duality, art, and nature. The Avant-gardens consist of the West Garden, the Grotto, and the East Garden.
The West Garden defines the passenger drop off area. Pineland acacia, verbina glandularia, and wild petunias adorn the entry path and attract butterflies. Butterflies were fascinating to Dali as transformative creatures.
The Grotto is a place of cavernous shade, fabulous plants, and pooling water. Water splashes, reflected light from the pond plays on the ceiling, and the living wall rises on one side. The living wall is a dazzling display of orchids, peperomias and ferns, and bromeliads. This green wall is irrigated and self-sustaining, and what is usually flat stands up vertically. This is a place of a different order, urging us to be ready for the unexpected!
The East Garden is inspired by Dali's homeland and his fascination with math. Dali celebrates the eccentric landscape of the Costa Brava, sculpted by the Tramontana-south-wind, in many of his works. We, in turn, have made wind-scoured stones an important element of our garden. One of these rocks was gifted to the Dali Museum by the Mayor and the people of Cadaques, Spain and is placed in a central position in the East Garden.
Also in the East Garden are homages to the mathematical principles: Pi and the Fibonacci sequence. A labyrinth, modeled after the labyrinth at the Chartres Cathedral, stands at one end of the East Garden.
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