The Amazing Chocolate Tree

What: The Amazing Chocolate Tree
Where: The Franklin Park Conservatory in Columbus Ohio
When: November 12, 2005 – February 20, 2006
Link: http://www.fpconservatory.org/exhb_chocotree.htm

Step inside the wondrous world of chocolate!
This imaginative exhibition takes you inside the exciting world of chocolate making – from the roots of the tree to the candy factory. Take an interactive journey through a 20-foot flower dome, a 20-foot cacao pod, and a rainforest with cacao trees that bring life to the history, process, and use of chocolate around the world. The exhibition ends at a life-size chocolate factory that involves you in the entire process of chocolate production. This exciting, enlightening exhibition evokes a sense of wonder for all ages.

As the first stop on a countrywide tour, The Amazing Chocolate Tree was jointly developed among six of the country’s major botanical gardens as the first of a series of extraordinary travelling exhibitions. The exhibition will then travel to the five other botanical gardens - Atlanta Botanical Garden, Dallas Arboretum, Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park and Phipps Conservatory.