Botanical News

• Silent movie star Gloria Swanson's mansion is on sale for $9.9million and has a botanical garden
  
  The impressive Gloria Crest Estate, in Englewood, boasts of having all the luxury of a Hollywood estate but only a mere five miles away from Manhattan, New York.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 14 Aug 2019.
• Mystery 'tequila plant' rockets to 15ft in height in just a few weeks
  
  The giant agave, which is growing on average three inches per day in Cambridge University Botanical Garden will produce hundreds of flowers in the coming days.
  Daily Mail.  Wednesday, 7 Aug 2019.
• Five Reasons To Visit The World's Wine Capital, Bordeaux
  
  With a city center with the most preserved historic buildings after Paris, atmospheric cobbled streets and squares, lovely botanical gardens, superb museums and excellent restaurants, the city of Bordeaux offers much more than wine tours.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 31 Jul 2019.
• Golf Gin Made With Botanicals Harvested Near Or On Golf Courses
  
  Golfers tend to get excited about anything related to golf, and Eden Mill Distillery now has a gin, aptly called Golf Gin, that is made from botanicals harvested on or near golf courses.
  Forbes.  Wednesday, 31 Jul 2019.
• One Million British Botanical Treasures Will Be Digitized
  
  Artifacts in the sprawling collection include a Chilean potato plant collected by Charles Darwin and 18th-century lavender
  Smithsonian.  Friday, 20 Jul 2018.
• T. Rex snarls at visitors to Paris botanical garden
  
  Trix, an eight-tonne Tyrannosaurus rex, will find a home at Paris' Jardin des Plantes for three months from Wednesday, greeting visitors in attack mode, with her terrifying, toothy snarl mounted at eye level. ...
  Yahoo.  Monday, 4 Jun 2018.
• Roads-focused budget will do 'very little for Sydney'
  
  Coffs Harbour and Port Botany are getting federal budget gifts tomorrow but Sydney will be ripped off, the State Opposition says, with Victoria getting the lion's share in federal funding.
  Australian Broadcasting Corporation.  Monday, 7 May 2018.
• Exotic butterfly thief arrested in Ohio, police say
  
  Ohio police have nabbed the brazen thief they say made off with a rare butterfly from an Ohio botanical garden exhibit two weeks ago.
  Fox News.  Saturday, 28 Apr 2018.
• Australia Diary: Road Trip to Nowhere
  
  The search for a new botanical garden that might as well have been a mirage.
  New York Times.  Wednesday, 25 Apr 2018.
• Corpse flower blooming at Tucson Botanical Gardens
  
  For the first time in its history, Tucson Botanical Gardens has a blooming corpse flower.
  Fox News.  Monday, 23 Apr 2018.

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