“Imagine a forest that changes completely from being flooded with saltwater and having fish, turtles, jellyfish and other sea creatures swimming, feeding and sheltering in and around it’s trunks to then becoming a muddy, tangled impenetrable mass of stilt roots at low tide teeming with crabs, snails and mudskippers of every description crawling and feeding on the mudflats. There are birds and insects flitting and buzzing in the canopy feeding, nesting and sheltering while this cycle of tide in and tide out powered by the lunar cycle happens every day. On top of this, imagine that this forest has the superpower to take carbon out of the atmosphere lock it into the mud thereby reducing the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. That is the magic and power of mangrove ecosystems. This installation invites you to explore the intricacies and learn a bit more about Mangroves and all the plants and animals that form this incredible ecosystem and the vital role they play in the world.”