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10 Surreal Botanical Spaces From Around the World

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Francisco Alvarado Park, Zarcero, Costa Rica

Landscape designer Evangelisto Blanco built these strange arches out of conifer cypress trees in the 1960′s. They lead the way into a garden filled with more of his work with the conifer cypress — a surreal topiary garden filled with creatures and abstractions, including a bullfight scene and a monkey on a motorcycle.

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[...] From Flavorwire’s 10 most Surreal and Spectacular Botanical Spaces [...]

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[...] públicos y privados, convirtiendo simples áreas verdes, en verdaderas obras de arte. La gente de Flavorwire recopiló los que para ellos son los mejores jardínes del mundo, como el que ilustra este post, el [...]

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[...] 10 jardines botánicos surrealistas [ING]   flavorwire.com/173972/10-surreal-and-spectacular-botanica...  por Spain-Is-Pain hace 2 segundos [...]

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[...] Surrealismo hecho jardín. [...]

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[...] other surreal botanical spaces from around the world, here, (source) flavorwire lists them all [...]

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[...] 10 Surreal Botanical Spaces From Around the World by alistairhenning on April 25, 2011 via flavorwire.com [...]

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[...] Emily Temple offers this look at ten of the most surreal and spectacular gardenscapes around the world, from Italy to Costa [...]

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[...] garden spaces Here are ten examples of strange and amazing botanical spaces over at flavorpil. Check out the Mud Maid, or the pear trees growing on one of the Trump [...]

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Is the Xilitla garden one of the locations Lord of the Rings was filmed at? I'm seeing the Elfin City...

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You forgot the amazing Pearl Fryar - the self-taught gardener in Bishopville, South Carolina! There is an amazing documentary about him and his incredible gardens made in 2008 called "A Man Named Pearl."

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