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Rare and Stinky 'Corpse Flower' Blooms Draw Thousands of Visitors to Gardens in New York and Sydney
The air was thick with both anticipation and a pungent smell as visitors flocked to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden last weekend ...
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Corpse flowers smell like death, but thousands rush to see them bloom
Sydney's corpse flower attracts thousands of people with its rare blossom and its stench of rotting flesh, offering a ...
From gardens to beaches: Ethel Carrick’s dazzling Australian sketches
Two small paintings of a summer’s day in Sydney’s Royal Botanic Garden are the most surprising works, to my mind, in the National Gallery of Australia’s Ethel Carrick exhibition. They were both ...
Botanic gardens must team up to save wild plants from extinction, say researchers
A major study of botanic gardens around the world has revealed their struggles with one fundamental aim: to safeguard the ...
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9000 people are currently watching a plant that stinks bloom in Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
Commonly known as the Corpse Flower - it smells like rotting flesh - just 1000 specimens are still in the wild in the ...
Hidden 'highways' connect Brazil's rainforests, helping tree species disperse
Forests flanking Brazil's rivers act as "highways" that have allowed tree species to move between the Amazon and Atlantic ...
Storm Éowyn causes 'severe damage' at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Approximately 15 trees have been lost – either uprooted or damaged beyond recovery -including the Garden’s tallest tree.
Corpse flower as it happened: ‘Putricia’ in full bloom at Sydney’s Botanic Gardens
For the first time in 15 years, Putricia - the corpse flower with a vomit-smelling perfume - will flower for only about 24 ...
Corpse flower blooms at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens for first time in 15 years
A rare and revolting spectacle has drawn tens of thousands to Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens, where a foul-smelling flower ...
Edinburgh Botanics' tallest tree ripped down as gardens recover from storm damage
The Botanic Gardens in Edinburgh has lost their tallest tree, a 29-metre Cedrus deodara planted in 1859, along with 14 others ...
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Storm Éowyn causes 'severe damage' at Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Storm Éowyn has caused "severe damage" at The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the operators of the popular tourist attraction have revealed. Approximately 15 trees have been lost – either ...