Eden blossoms in Saudi desert

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Eden blossoms in Saudi desert
King's super-dome to hold a prehistoric 'garden'

Robin McKie, science editor
Sunday July 1, 2007

On barren desert in Saudi Arabia, British engineers and scientists are to build a stately pleasure dome five times bigger than Cornwall's Eden Project. The vast, covered 'garden of ages' will re-create the 400-million-year-old history of our planet's plants, trees and flowers.

The dome - near Riyadh, the capital - will cover more than 24 acres and become the world's largest indoor garden. Plants from key botanical epochs will be grown and displayed in seven sections inside two interlocking, crescent-shaped enclosures.

... more - http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_ne...5795%2C00.html

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