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Grab the kids and head for the Huntsville Botanical Garden.  Not only are the butterflies flitting about, but there are eight creative treehouses positioned throughout the Garden for everyone to climb on, explore and try-out.  Now through October 31st, you can be a kid again, if you dare, and inspect these little masterpieces.

Leafy Lair (or Dream Big)

This treehouse (pictured far right, second row) was designed by Randall Boyd, architect from Fuqua Osborn Architects and represents a treehouse that Boyd dreamed about as a child.  It is a hidden fort featuring a great place to look up at the sky and tree branches, play with friends, or just daydream.  It was made with preservative treated wood and blends into its surroundings.  The ladder sections clamp around the trunk and conform to the contour of the trees.  Besides being a big suspended platform in a tree, Leafy Lair's screen panels of plywood on the hand rails and latter are cut out to look like limbs and foliage.

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