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Wolf Douglas is back with ADD News and he has news for cablecasters and lame-stream media types alike. He talks about the Baseball season starting, about the great news out of Detroit and the auto industry. Today’s news is brought to you by the New York Botanical Gardens. Catch ADD News before it catches you.Wolf Douglas is back with ADD News and he has news for cablecasters and lame-stream... more
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Intensive fundraising and a couple of timely government grants have helped lay the foundation for a showpiece botanical garden and major tourist attraction on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast.Intensive fundraising and a couple of timely government grants have helped lay the... more
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"My first concern was for the beautiful botanical gardens at Florida’s first theme park that founders Dick and Julie Pope created in 1936. Would they be dozed in order to fit some brand new metal monstrosity of a roller coaster?
Next, I could just imagine the devastation to the rest of the land the park currently sits on in Winter Haven being subjected to bulldozers, tearing up the grounds to make room for this shiny new money maker of a destination in Central Florida. Not to mention the the resources and energy that would go into making brand new rides and buildings to fill it.
Luckily, I did my reading and research that calmed my fears (somewhat). Nick Varney, CEO of Merlin Entertainments, claimed, '…their botanical gardens are safe with us.' The company plans on keeping and reopening the beloved botanical gardens. (And possibly keeping the water skiing show as well!)...""My first concern was for the beautiful botanical gardens at Florida’s... more
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Microdoc - no commentary - Troja and the botanical gardens of Prague. Music created by Rory Wilmer.Microdoc - no commentary - Troja and the botanical gardens of Prague. Music created by... more
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It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid cheese and looks very much like a giant penis.
The Amorphophallus Titanum -- literally "the giant strangely shaped penis" -- has been attracting big crowds at the National Botanic Garden of Belgium on the outskirts of Brussels.
The rare phallus-like flower that springs from the plant only survives about 72 hours and its timing is completely unpredictable, said Gert Ausloos, head of education at the garden.
Auloos called it "a botanical superstar". "It's there for a short time, it's glamorous, it's big, it produces something special ... it's star quality."
It's one of the world's largest flowers, it stinks of rotting meat or rancid... more
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A podcast about gardening with Steve Whysall of the Vancouver Sun
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Come Walk with Me in a Garden: The fifth in a series of personal tours by Steve Whysall of the best gardens in Metro Vancouver, featuring the University of B.C. Botanical Garden.Come Walk with Me in a Garden: The fifth in a series of personal tours by Steve... more
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