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Botanical Olympics for London 2012

Since no one can match the spectacular architecture of the China Olympics 2010, particularly in these tough economic times, Britain is looking elsewhere to make its mark for 2012. Their choice: great gardens and a Botanical Olympics. Britain has a... ...full story at TreeHugger

from TreeHugger on Mon, Nov 10 2008

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