Category: Botanical Gardens

Guide to Toledo, Ohio: What to Do, See and Eat in the Glass City

May 28, 2023
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By Melody Baetens From Detroit News Detroit—Not just a city that you drive through on your way somewhere else, Toledo is a town worth stopping in. Known as the Glass City because of its historic connection to that industry, the fourth-largest city in Ohio is home to award-winning parks, museums, restaurants, and a small, but…

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This Miami Attraction Was Named Best in North America by Travel Guide Voters

June 18, 2022
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By Connie Ogle From Miami Herald Miami—The voters have spoken: Miami’s garden is the greatest. The 83-acre Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden in Coral Gables won in the best botanical garden in North America category, beating out similar attractions in Cincinnati, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, California, Arizona and other places. “The warm climate of Coral Gables allows…

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Kew Gardens Gains Guinness World Record for Its 17,000-Strong Plant Collection

September 16, 2021
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London’s Kew Gardens has secured a new world record for the “largest collection of living plants at a single-site botanic garden.” The Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, London, has gained recognition from the Guinness World Records (GWR) for a feat in biodiversity, housing a total of 16,900 species of plants within its 320-acre site. The…

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