{"id":12301,"date":"2014-07-05T09:00:33","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T23:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/?p=12301"},"modified":"2019-08-21T17:08:55","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T07:08:55","slug":"botanic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/botanic\/","title":{"rendered":"botanic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12588\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7056.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF7056\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7056.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7056.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7056.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12594\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7062.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF7062\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7062.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7062.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7062.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12596\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7064.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF7064\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7064.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7064.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7064.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12597\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7065.jpg?resize=665%2C443\" alt=\"DSCF7065\" width=\"665\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7065.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7065.jpg?resize=441%2C294&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7065.jpg?resize=624%2C416&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"AL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubackdrop.com\/collections\/festival-theme-custom-backdrop\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-12599 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7067-e1403163198666-441x662.jpg?resize=441%2C662\" alt=\"holiday and festival backdrops\" width=\"441\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7067-e1403163198666.jpg?resize=441%2C662&amp;ssl=1 441w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7067-e1403163198666.jpg?resize=211%2C317&amp;ssl=1 211w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7067-e1403163198666.jpg?resize=400%2C600&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thedesertecho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/DSCF7067-e1403163198666.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"AR\">\n<div class=\"txt\">Across the world and the first plant we saw at the entrance to the Edinburgh Botanic Gardens was a Woolemi Pine, the Australian Christmas tree, that was only discovered in 1994 in the Blue Mountains&#8217; wilderness (the world still holds some secrets you see).<\/p>\n<p>A beautiful sunny day that was meant for relaxing in the sun with daisychains as the only challenge. 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