Posts in Tag: botanical gardens
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Hamilton Gardens – A New Zealand Must Visit Attraction
In the last post from New Zealand Alison and I visited Whangarei almost by accident and found it to be a delightful place with a great riverside location. In this post we’re heading south to the city of Hamilton where we will visit New Zealand’s top botanical tourist attraction, Hamilton Gardens. I love visiting botanical […]
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Desert Botanical Garden – A Phoenix Gem
Most people automatically associate the word ‘desert’ with two things – aridity and searing heat. The first is correct and any place with less than 10 inches (250 mm.) of rain annually is technically a desert. However, the second is not. Of fourteen named deserts in North America, only three are considered ‘hot’ – the […]
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Naples Botanical Garden – A Gallery of Fabulous Flowers
I’m sitting at the bar in the Village Pub in Venetian Village in Naples, Florida on the last day before we return to Novas Scotia. Alison is browsing the shops of this semi-interesting shopping area – that’s my highest rating for any shopping venue. I could get depressed about returning to work in two days, […]