Its vast acres of sloping greenery, its glades and its trees present a striking backcloth.
It is now missing most of its main trees, and its interior has reverted to a sprouting scrub of ash and bramble.
First, mistletoe weakens (and sometimes kills) its host trees, opening them to infestations by wood-boring insects and similar critters.
William liked Bloomington, with its lush, towering trees, and fireflies at dusk, and its austere gray university buildings.
Sure enough, seconds later, a bear pads eagerly out of the trees and gets its paws stuck in.
Heading west to Colorado, Aspen is aglow this time of year in bright golds and oranges from its famous aspen trees.
In the capital, Apia, homes were flattened and the Vaisigano River burst its banks, washing away cars, trees and other debris.
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Planned tasks for the shovel brigade include reinforcing the spring and diverting its flow by using boulders, sand, downed trees and other flood debris.
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But when it does, you can bet shoppers will line up for cheap versions of its oversize club chairs and candle trees.
Amtrak said it has suspended rail service between New York and Boston, and between Springfield, Massachusetts, and New Haven, Connecticut, due to severe weather and fallen trees, according to its website.
However, during cherry blossom season, the park becomes crowded and noisy due to its extremely popular, huge weeping trees.
Along its length, high grasses, wildflowers and even trees sprang up, creating a nine metre-high streak of greenery in the Lower West Side.
Should the mesquite be allowed to kill the casuarina trees by drilling its roots deeper and depriving them of water, as in some places it seems to be doing?
Earth Day Network will spearhead the initiative and collaborate with its international partners to plant one million trees, indigenous to each region in 15 different countries, by the end of 2010.
Its denizens include Aleppo pines, prickly pear and strawberry trees.
Today the tearoom sticks to its roots, serving delicate pastries among palm trees and wicker furniture in an old-fashioned conservatory.
The deadly chalara fungus is creeping its way across Britain and is threatening to wipe out ash trees it infects.
With its European-style mansions, Art Deco touches and mature trees, the neighborhood is increasingly upscale, attracting growing numbers of Western expats as well as bistros and boutiques.
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They would let the sun do its magic and the sound of the waves, the palm trees swishing away under the warm breeze would ease them into a stress-free vacation mode.
In the heart of the rainforest, prehistoric ferns and giant trees, such as the mighty Antarctic beech with its metre-wide girth and gnarled moss-covered roots, seem to grow from a lost time.
The two buzzing squares make Piata Libertati feel like an oasis of relative calm, its trees offering shade to anyone who cares to sit and watch life sweep past.
The flow of the river, made constant by careful management to please consumers, did not suit the handsome river red gum trees along its banks, which thrive on drought and flood.
His greatest appreciation, however, was for the hedges and trees that gave architectural structure to his garden, and held its history.
The oil multinational hopes its improved trees, now growing in test sites in Uruguay and Chile, will prove a boon to the pulp and paper industry.
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"We destroy these resources at our peril, " Clinton said during his visit to the park, known for its towering, fog-shrouded mountain peaks, dripping trees and exotic birds.
While the wood in the study was placed there by scientists, wood naturally finds its way into the ocean as dead trees fall into rivers and are swept out to sea, when storm debris is taken by surging waters and even from shipwrecks.
The beauty of the Jaipur Foot is its lightness and mobility, as those who wear it can run, climb trees and pedal bicycles.
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In the same way Amazon helped kill off the last of the brick-and-mortar bookstore, it has the dead-trees textbook firmly in its sights.
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Rich out-of-towners play at Singapore's two glamorous new casino resorts, opened in 2010, including the Marina Bay Sands complex with its celebrity chef restaurants and an infinity pool on the 57th floor with palm trees overlooking the skyline.
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