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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN NATIVE PLANT GARDEN Native Plant Garden at The New York Botanical Garden. (PRNewsFoto/The New York Botanical Garden)
Botanical Garden Four Seasons This May 14, 2013 photo provided by The New York Botanical Garden shows a sculpture by Philip Haas depicting "Summer" at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York. It is one of four painted fiberglass sculptures that are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation. The sculptures are on view through Oct. 27. (AP Photo/The New York Botanical Garden, Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Botanical Garden Four Seasons This May 14, 2013 photo provided by The New York Botanical Garden shows a sculpture by Philip Haas depicting "Autumn" at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York. It is one of four painted fiberglass sculptures that are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation. The sculptures are on view through Oct. 27. (AP Photo/The New York Botanical Garden, Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Botanical Garden Four Seasons This May 14, 2013 photo provided by The New York Botanical Garden shows a sculpture by Philip Haas depicting "Winter" at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York. It is one of four painted fiberglass sculptures that are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation. The sculptures are on view through Oct. 27. (AP Photo/The New York Botanical Garden, Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Botanical Garden Four Seasons This May 14, 2013 photo provided by The New York Botanical Garden shows a sculpture by Philip Haas depicting "Spring" at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York. It is one of four painted fiberglass sculptures that are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation. The sculptures are on view through Oct. 27. (AP Photo/The New York Botanical Garden, Ivo M. Vermeulen)
Travel-Trip-5 Free Things-Portland FILE - This July 13, 2010 shows Stephanie Lesire, of Albany, smelling a rose as she walks through the International Rose Test Garden in Portland, Ore. Founded in 1917, Portland's International Rose Test Garden is the oldest official, continuously operated public rose test garden in the United States. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, file)
Botanical Garden Four Seasons This May 14, 2013 photo provided by Jodi Gibson and The New York Botanical Garden shows two sculptures by Philip Haas depicting "Autumn," left, and "Winter," right, at The New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx borough of New York. The painted fiberglass sculptures are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation on view through Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/The New York Botanical Garden, Jodi Gibson)
Gardening-New Plants This undated photo provided by Suntory Flowers shows Sun Parasol Garden Crimson in a garden bed in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Suntory Flowers)
Gardening-New Plants This undated photo provided by Suntory Flowers shows Sun Parasol Garden Crimson in a garden bed in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Suntory Flowers)
Sensory Gardens This undated publicity photo provided by the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens shows the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses in Boothbay, Maine. Visitors partake in a sensory outdoor experience immersed in a broad array of fragrant, colorful, edible and textured plantings. There is a reflexology labyrinth, sound stones, benches, walkways, raised beds and water features, allowing visitors of all abilities to explore the garden. (AP Photo/Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, William Cullina)
Sensory Gardens This undated publicity photo provided by the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens shows the Lerner Garden of the Five Senses in Boothbay, Maine. Visitors partake in a sensory outdoor experience immersed in a broad array of fragrant, colorful, edible and textured plantings. There is a reflexology labyrinth, sound stones, benches, walkways, raised beds and water features, allowing visitors of all abilities to explore the garden. (AP Photo/Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, William Cullina)
Spring in Boston A bed of tulips are lit up by the sun at the Public Garden in Boston, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Spring in Boston You can't go wrong with roses for Valentine's Day, but The Floral Code says tulips are even better. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Spring in Boston People relax on park benches at the Public Garden in Boston, Thursday, May 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
Japan Daily Life Clad in traditional dress, a newly-wed couple strolls in a flower garden at a park in Tokyo, Friday, April 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
Winston James Winston James prepares his plot at the Lincoln Park Community Garden before planting lettuce, collard greens and pak choi on Thursday, April 18, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
Obama This photo shows tulips in the Rose Garden by the West Wing of the White House after President Barack returned from golfing, in Washington on Saturday, April 13, 2013. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
SC Tourism Members of a tour group wander past a statue in White Point Garden on the historic Battery in Charleston, S.C., on Friday, May 3, 2013. South Carolina tourism officials say the industry has rebounded from the Great Recession and tourism spending has climbed to a record $16.5 billion. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
Philip Haas In this May 15, 2013 photo, visitors to The New York Botanical Garden view sculptures by Philip Haas depicting "Winter," left, and "Autumn," right. The painted fiberglass sculptures are part of Haas' "Four Seasons" installation on view through Oct. 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine)
Gardening-Salad Plantain This undated photo shows Erba stella sharing bed with lettuce in a garden in New Paltz, New York. Erba stella is very pleasant eating, with texture overshadowing the relatively mild flavor. The leaves grow in a low whorl just like those of plantain-the-weed, but are narrow and refreshingly crunchy; even the flower spikes retain that pleasant crunchiness. (AP Photo/Lee Reich)
Gardening-Window Boxes This February 19, 2013 photo shows primroses and daffodils sprucing up a simple window box on an outbuilding display at a recent Northwest Flower and Garden Show in Seattle. Window boxes make practical raised bed gardens -- easy to reach from inside or out. It only takes a few shallow-rooted plants to provide window dressing for even the most rustic buildings. (AP Photo/Dean Fosdick)
Gardening-Living Pictures This undated publicity photo courtesy of Flora Grubb Gardens shows a close-up of a living succulent picture in San Francisco. Living pictures, cuttings of assorted succulents woven together in everything from picture frames to pallet boxes, are hot among garden designers and landscapers this spring as an easy, modern way to add color and texture to an outdoor space. (AP Photo/Flora Grubb Gardens, Caitlin Atkinson)
Gardening-Living Pictures This undated publicity photo courtesy of Flora Grubb Gardens shows a close-up of a living succulent picture dominated by red plants in San Francisco. Living pictures, cuttings of assorted succulents woven together in everything from picture frames to pallet boxes, are hot among garden designers and landscapers this spring as an easy, modern way to add color and texture to an outdoor space. (AP Photo/Flora Grubb Gardens, Caitlin Atkinson)
Laura Bush, Alan Lowe Former first lady Laura Bush and Alan Lowe, director of the library and museum enter a replica of the White House rose garden during a tour of the George W. Bush Presidential Center Wednesday, April 24, 2013, in Dallas. More than 8,000 people are expected to attend the invitation-only dedication of the center, Thursday, April 25, which will house the presidential library and museum along with the 43rd president's policy institute. It opens to the public on May 1.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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