Attending the Drachenfest on the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin I came upon a delightfully innovative miniature golf field called the Nuture Mini Art Golf:

The above sign perfectly explains the conceit behind this unique miniature golf course. The photos below will hopefully give you a fair representation of the whimsy, artfulness and originality involved. Some of the courses play like traditional courses, even if they look unusual. But many of the courses incorporate original ways of playing and difficulties. Making this course one of the more unique miniature golf course in aesthetics and game play. My passions for miniature golf, visual art, and the environment are all very well nurtured.

Remember that classic maze game? Here it is cleverly incorporated into a miniature golf course.

For the fans and traumatized viewers of “Jaws”:

The next two feature more traditional obstacles, wrought in steam punk aesthetic:

Get the ball atop through an oil barrel covered in bank notes:

The cage is filled with rubber chickens:

In case I wasn’t clear, the artsy factor didn’t diminish the difficulty factor in play:

An abstract sculpture of a miniature golf player:

Are we gardening? Or playing miniature golf?

This coarse was the most like a rube goldberg machine, but there were also others that included mechanical levers and wheels that had to be engaged in addition to traditional club swinging: