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- Stunning solar-powered home in Singapore melds with adjacent botanic gardens Fri, 19 Jul 19, 3:30amWhen charged with creating a new family home just steps away from Singapore's Botanic Gardens, the Singapore and U.K.-based firm Guz Architects was compelled to use the amazingly lush surroundings as inspiration for the design....
- New York Botanical Garden's new artist residencies connect people with plants Sat, 11 May 19, 1:30amDespite its irrefutable success — founded in 1891 and now receiving one million visitors a year — the New York Botanical Garden's staff tirelessly finds innovative ways to stimulate visitors’ connection to nature...
- World's largest botanical garden to bloom in the desert of Oman Thu, 16 Nov 17, 9:22amPerhaps the dry desert landscape of Oman may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of lush forests, but the Arabian nation is getting a massive infusion of greenery with the world's largest botanical garden...
- INFOGRAPHIC: 7 best botanical gardens from around the world Tue, 23 Feb 16, 8:00amNo great city is complete without a botanical garden. Housed within gorgeous glass architecture, botanical gardens are rich in history and a great diversity of plants. Even better, these beautiful blooms can be enjoyed year-round...
- Fantastical Living Plant Sculptures Spring to Life at the Atlanta Botanical Garden Sat, 24 May 14, 2:34amMosaiculture is a contemporary horticultural art form that creates sculptural shapes by mounting plants over top a molded steel substructure. Unlike the traditional art of topiary, which develops form from pruning a single...
- A Palace For Nature: Sanzpont Arquitectura Unveils Plans for a Self-Sustaining Botanical Oasis in Qatar Wed, 18 Dec 13, 5:00pmSanzpont Arquitectura was invited to submit a proposal for an international restricted competition to create an innovative, ecological palace in Qatar...
- Café Botanical Creates a Direct Connection with Iceland’s Akureyri Gardens Sat, 16 Mar 13, 6:00amRead the rest of Café Botanical Creates a Direct Connection with Iceland’s Akureyri Gardens Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Akureyri, botanical gardens, botanical gardens cafe, cafe, cafe...
- Dallas Arboretum Unveils Massive Village Made From 50,000 Pumpkins! Wed, 31 Oct 12, 12:30amRead the rest of Dallas Arboretum Unveils Massive Village Made From 50,000 Pumpkins! Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 50000 pumpkins, arboretum, botanical gardens, Cinderella pumpkin patch, Cinderella’s...
- The Dallas Arboretum’s 2012 Pumpkin Patch is Made of 50,000 Pumpkins Wed, 31 Oct 12, 12:30amRead the rest of The Dallas Arboretum’s 2012 Pumpkin Patch is Made of 50,000 Pumpkins Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: 50000 pumpkins, arboretum, botanical gardens, Cinderella pumpkin patch,...
- PHOTOS: Ray Villafane’s Crazy Zombie Pumpkins and Ghouls Return to the New York Botanical Garden Tue, 23 Oct 12, 3:30amOne of our most blockbusting posts last year featured pumpkin carver extraordinaire Ray Villafane’s gory zombies bursting from a giant pumpkin, and though we didn’t think it was possible, but he went even more...
- World’s Largest Pumpkin Carved Into an Awesome Creepy Sculpture – Exclusive Photos! Tue, 25 Oct 11, 6:27amThink you make a mean jack-o-lantern? You’ve got nothing on professional carver Ray Villafane who transforms pumpkins of all shapes and sizes into intricate masterpieces...
- Singapore’s Largest Garden Project Unveiled Tue, 22 Dec 09, 4:20amDesigns have just been released for Bay South, an incredible botanical preserve topped with super-tall solar trees that is set to be Singapore’s largest garden project...