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Plants

The Colossus of Villa Demidoff

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

Panama City, Panama

Ancon Hill, República de Panamá

A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.

Jardin Rosa Mir

A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.

Evionnaz, Switzerland

Evionnaz Adventure Labyrinth

World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.

Anton Valley, Panama

Valley of Square Trees

Right angles in the forests of Panama.

Portsmouth, England

Lumps Fort aka Southsea Rose Garden

A picturesque garden with a surprising past.

Permanently Closed

Duiwelskloof, South Africa

Sunland Baobab

A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.

The Great Green Wall of Africa

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

Inakadate, Japan

Inakadate Tanbo Art

Giant art made in Japanese rice fields.

Pinocchio Park

Walk through a fairytale in Tuscany.

Cornwall, England

Lost Gardens of Heligan

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

Huautla de Jiménez, Mexico

Huautla de Jiménez

Southern Mexico under the influence of mushrooms, ceremony and celebrity.

Bordighera, Italy

Marcello Cammi's Sculpture Garden

A wood-and-steel sculpture garden featuring an artful interplay of nature and machinery.

Chandigarh, India

Nek Chand Saini's Rock Garden

A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.

Darmstadt, Germany

Waldspirale

A German apartment building hosting as many trees as human occupants.

San Francisco, California

Site of the Golden Gate Speed Road

Once the site of speeding horses, now home to picnickers and public concerts.

San Francisco, California

Japanese Tea Garden

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.