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Top 10 gardens around world

Xinhua | Updated: 2013-05-27 13:20

Top 10 gardens around world

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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