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Wales's Botanical Garden

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garden-15.jpg (73447 bytes) Then it's time for a walk in the park; one can walk for miles, and there are lots of lovely lakes and ponds.... garden-16.jpg (38086 bytes) garden-17.jpg (73802 bytes)

and ducks and lilies...

garden-18.jpg (26813 bytes) Time to go inside the vast dome. Steel and glass, designed by the Norman Foster partnership, it's an impressive green house by any standards. Click below... garden-19.jpg (39573 bytes)
pano-1.jpg (127787 bytes) garden-20.jpg (71864 bytes) The interior is planted to with plants and trees from various hotter parts of the world, from South Africa to Chile with representation of the climate and soil of those countries. garden-21.jpg (63717 bytes)
garden-22.jpg (47837 bytes) Great opportunities for the close up photographer. garden-23.jpg (21661 bytes) garden-24.jpg (30082 bytes)

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The view to the north from the gardens at the height of the site is below. One of the longer panoramas that I have made.
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