Top 10 gardens around world
Xinhua | Updated: 2013-05-27 13:20
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Butchart Garden at night |
Butchart Gardens (Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
The Butchart Gardens are a dazzling example of a successful reclamation project. The land, used for years by Portland Cement, by 1904 had exhausted its value as a quarry. That's when Jennie Butchart, the wife of Portland Cement's owner, filled the space with soil from nearby farms. Her vision expanded into a 55-acre (22-hectare) tract filled with 700 varieties of plants that bloom from March to October.
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