top image: Floral River at Frankfort Transit Center, photo by Gene Burch

bottom image: local artist Lilianna Fischer helps paint the mixed media mural

In Floral River, eco-artist Xavier Cortada reimagines the Kentucky River as a vibrant cascade of wildflowers, symbolically connecting the community to nature where land meets water. Installed just a block from the river, this work invites viewers to reflect on their own relationship with the Kentucky River and encourages them to plant wildflowers in their own spaces. By creating these habitats for pollinators, Cortada hopes to inspire a renewed sense of stewardship for the environment and a deeper commitment to nurturing our shared natural world.