Twilight Rose

... as the sun dipped below the horizon. The river trail at the Forks was busy with ice frolics and follies. Children and parents played in the snow and... skated, walked and ambled down the winding ice. The 'Woodpile Warming Hut,' the 2011 winner of the Art and Architecture competition, was glowing with flickering flames that drew people in a steady flow to warm their hands.
Roy Talmon and Noa Biran had managed to get the 'Winter Garden' display situated, rather strategically, beside their 'Woodpile Warming Hut' and at the bend in the river, making the 'garden' a pass through for all to enjoy as they walked to the other competitors' displays.

Winter Garden

The 'Winter Garden' is a garden in the same way that the 'Rose of Sharon' is a rose... it's not really.    The flower (pictured below), is a Hibiscus Syriacus named 'Lucy.'                                                                        
It is suggested that the 'Rose of Sharon' is possibly a hibiscus.
As far as facsimiles go, both are enjoyable but, definitely, a new take on an old theme.
The leafless trees were more architectural than sheltering.
They provided three paths for people to travel through, making two- way foot traffic possible.
In this way,... the project is well directed.
Sam and Simmy had arrived at The Forks while it was still daylight and then, they had walked the long path to view all the projects in the competition. By taking pictures at twilight and then at dusk... the feeling of shelter changes quite dramatically. The daytime light gave almost no feeling of shelter at all. As twilight edged in, the feeling of shelter increased quite dramatically.
And then...

Dusk settled on the little 'Winter Garden,' the twig-like branches getting more solid and thicket-  like in the waning light.