Dragonblood Trees, Yemen

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Flamboyant Tree, Brazil

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THE TWO LEGGED TREE or ARCH TREE. This "simple" tree is located at the entrance to Claudia's Garden, just off the main path. It was created from two American Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and was originally started in Scotts Valley, CA. Fun Facts: The center of the arch is 9’7” tall. The iron rod was placed by Axel Erlandson and held the "Tree Circus" sign.

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THE BASKET TREE is the Park's centerpiece and one of the most intricate of the Circus Trees (GILROY GARDENS Family Theme Park, California) It was created from 6 American Sycamores (Platanus occidentalis) and is located in the Main Plaza. Its original location was in Scotts Valley, CA. Can you tell where one tree begins and the other ends? Fun Fact: This tree was also known as "Circle Cage". Click here for a virtual tour of the Basket Tree via Google Maps!

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The "supertrees" tower over GARDENS BY THE BAY, SINGAPORE. The tallest one even has a restaurant in it. An elevated walkway spans around the trees for visitors.

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The Diane de Poitiers garden at Château de Chenonceau, FRANCE.

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Best of the long-haul gardens to visit this year. Leucospermum Reflexum, Kirstenbosch, SOUTH AFRICA.

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Jardin Majorelle, MARRAKECH, MOROCCO. The Majorelle Garden is a 12-acre botanical and landscape garden designed by the French artist Jacques Majorelle in the 1920s and 1930s. Open to the public since 1947, the garden was owned by legendary fashion designer Yves Saint-Laurent from 1980 until his death in 2008 (his ashes are scattered in the garden). The garden contains cacti, exotic plants and trees set off by vibrant colors, pools, streams and fountains.

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Tarot Garden (Giardino dei Tarocchi), TUSCANY, ITALY. The imaginative sculptures by French artist Niki de Saint Phalle sparkle against the picturesque Tuscan landscape in the Tarot Garden (Giardino dei Tarocchi) of Capalbio, Italy. Inspired by Gaudí´s Parc Güell in Barcelona, Spain, de Saint Phalle wanted to create a “small Eden where man and nature meet.”

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Bookworm Garden, Sheboygan, WISCONSIN, UNITED STATES. Pull up a pew, make yourself comfy and settle down for story time in Sheboygan’s Bookworm Garden. The creation of local gardener Sandy Livermore, the garden takes inspiration from more than 60 of the world’s most loved children’s books including “Hansel and Gretel,” “Winnie the Pooh,” “Goodnight Moon,” “Where the Wild Things Are” and, of course, the “Secret Garden.”

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Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden, Tromsø, NORWAY. The Arctic-Alpine Botanical Garden (Arktisk alpin Botanisk hage) is the most northern botanical garden in the world and home to an impressive display of Arctic and alpine plants from across the globe. Opened in 1994, the garden is run by the Tromsø University Museum and aside from the Arctic collection it features plants from the Himalayas, South America and even Africa.

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Forestiere Underground Gardens, FRESNO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES. Forestiere Underground Gardens are the creation of Sicilian immigrant Baldasare Forestiere, who built the garden over 40 years from 1906 until his death in 1946. Inspired by a childhood fascination with the catacombs in Rome, Forestiere built the Underground Garden as an escape from the scorching Fresno summer.

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A French Kiss in Akaroa, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND. Held every year late in the New Zealand summer, the Ellerslie International Flower Show attracts a global audience of garden designers and garden lovers who come to see the best of garden design, gardening trends and new products. Founded in Auckland in 1994, the show moved to its current (and fitting) home in Hagley Park, Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND’S GARDEN CITY, in 2008.

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Rock Garden of Chandigarh, INDIA. The saying goes that one man’s junk is another man’s treasure, but in the case of the Rock Garden, a city’s junk was transformed into everyone’s treasure. Public servant Nek Chand began creating his masterpiece in 1957 from cast-off industrial and home waste he collected from demolition sites across Chandigarh.

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Las Pozas, Xilitla, MEXICO. A “Surrealist Xanadu” in the heart of the Mexican jungle, Las Pozas (the Pools) combines man-made structures with exotic flowers, native plants, waterfalls and pools to create a strangely harmonious and peaceful garden. The gardens are the creation of eccentric English poet and artist Edward James, who bought the 80-acre former coffee plantation in the mid-1940s in an attempt to create his own Garden of Eden.

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Papaver ‘Danebrog’. Fantastic traffic stopping 4-5” blooms display a brilliant white Maltese cross against brightest true red fringed petals. Frilly anthers & a lime green ovary make it even better.

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Matchstick Banksia.

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HOT LIPS. YES this is a real flower: Hot lips ....Psychotria Elata Affectionately known as Hooker’s lips, Psychotria elata with it’s colorful red flowers attracts many pollinators including butterflies and hummingbirds. One of the host plants for the golden silkmoth (Xlophane s adalia). Also known in some circles as Mick Jagger’s lips. Native to Tropical America,

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Yuyuan Garden – CHINA. Yuyuan Garden is believed to be built in the Ming Dynasty more than 400 years ago. Built in traditional Chinese style with numerous rock and tree garden areas, ponds, dragon-lined walls and numerous doorways and zigzagging bridges separating the various garden areas and pavilions.

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Great Wall of China

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Happy National Chocolate Day from everyone at Budget Travel! Where in the world does your favorite chocolate come from?

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Low-pressure solar water heater with feeding tank

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These mountains are part of the Zhangye Danxia Geopark and are really real!

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"Live, travel, adventure, bless, and don't be sorry." --Jack Kerouac See more great travel quotes on our "Quotes To Travel With" board!

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Hey, New York area Instagrammers! Join us this Sunday for our very first ‪#‎Instawalk‬ in Central Park! Bring your friends! RSVP here: www.meetup.com/... & Click here for more details: www.budgettravel....

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Super moon Over Grand Canyon

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Some interesting, some quirky and some terrific hotels on this list of coolest hotels in every State.

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36 Incredible Places That Nature Has Created For Your Eyes Only - Shangri-La River, China

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Rice Fields of Yunnan, China | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Underwater Temple Garden #ocean #diving #travel

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