Delaware artist turns nature into eye catching floral footwear

Tuesday, September 9, 2025
WILMINGTON (WPVI) -- For decades, a unique artist in Wilmington, Delaware has cobbled together his passion for nature and talents for shoe-making into an eye-catching line of floral footwear: botanical shoes.

But they're not for feet! The sculptures are made from exotic and native plants gathered and handcrafted by Lenny Wilson himself.

Action News Editor Bill Hartung and Photographer Tom Kretschmer follow in Lenny's footsteps as he forages for what he calls "Fashioned by Nature".

Through October, his shoes are on display at Chanticleer Garden in Wayne, Pennsylvania.

For more information visit: ChanticleerGarden.org.

Chanticleer Garden
786 Church Road
Wayne, Pa. 19087
(610) 687-4163
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