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the beauty of landscapes and flowers...A few of our top choices... Brazil
Most of Brazil is tropical (the south is temperate). The tropical climate is very
conducive to plant growth so there are many beautiful gardens. But, there are
not so many gardens of interest from a design point of view, although the gardens
of Roberto Burle Marx are a notable exception. He was a 20th century Brazilian
landscape architect and garden designer and his work has influenced garden design
worldwide. However, the gardens he designed are found almost exclusively
in Brazil. At 340-acres, the Botancial Garden in Rio de Janeiro is one of the
largest botancial gardens in the world. It is famous for the row of palms planted
when the gardens first opened and a lake full of water lilies (Vitoria Regia).
Home to the Amazon rainforest, Brazilian flora is extradordinarily diverse and
of great global significance. The Amazon rainforest is the most biodiverse tropical
forest in the world. On an evolutionary level, South America hes not suffered
such climatic extremes as other tropical forest areas so there has been less extinction.
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China
garden tours, China has one of the longest continuous garden tradition of
any country. Only West Asia (e.g. Egypt and Iraq) has an older tradition. With
the opening up of China since the last decade of the twentieth century, Chinese
gardens are becoming better known and easier to visit. Ecuador and Peru
gardening tours. Bordering Columbia, Peru and the Pacific Ocean, Ecuador
lies on the Equator (hence the country's name). With its tropical climate and
varied terrain, Ecuador is one of only 17 countries in the world classified as
megadiverse in terms of its biodiversity. Over twenty-five thousand species of
plants have been recorded and catalogued. The Galápagos Islands are a part of
Ecuador, and offer truly diverse plant and animal life, where animal species have
developed unafraid of man because of the geographical separation. Cut flowers
and bananas are 2 of Ecuador's biggest exports. Spanish is the offical language
in Ecuador and the capital is Quito. England garden holidays. Gardening
is more popular in England than anywhere else and this is reflected in the number
of gardens open to visit in England. As an island surrounded by choppy seas and
protected by a powerful navy, Britain's territory was physically secure from an
earlier date than other European countries. English towns could spread beyond
their medieval walls much earlier than in continental Europe. Instead of apartment
blocks, the typical English dwelling was a small house with a small garden. The
aristocracy always wanted 'a place in the country' for the summer and a town house
for the winter. France. Claude Monet gave French Impressionism its
name and France its best-loved garden: Giverney. The tour can include Monet's
Garden , the Orangerie Museum, Clos du Coudray and Le Bois des Moutiers, which
is the best Gertrude Jekyll garden in France. The Loire Valley is the Garden of
France, the Cradle of the French Language and place where the France's aristocracy
chose to build their most celebrated chateaux. The River Loire is majestic; the
chateaux are noble. The tour includes Petit-Bordeaux, Chateau d'Angers, Parc du
Maulevrier, Chateau de Villandry, Abbaye Royale de Fontevraud and the International
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