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Posts Tagged ‘Aburi Gardens’

Jan 02

Snapshot: Aburi Botanical Gardens (Ghana)

Aburi Botanical Gardens arouses conflicting feelings in the hearts of Ghanaians. It covers 64.8 hectares and was built in 1890. Famous people who have visited and planted commemoration trees include Queen Elizabeth in 1961 and Prince Charles in 1977. England’s Kew Gardens recently turned 250 and has established itself as a leading botanical garden in »

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Jan 01

Ghana’s Coconut Handbags

We stumbled upon these bags made from coconuts near Ghana’s Aburi Botanical Gardens. The ingenious combination of a coconut coupled with a zipper makes these bags unique, somewhat technically impressive and aesthetically pleasing. They also come with plenty of green credentials. The coconuts are dried for 3 weeks in the hot Ghanaian sun to get »

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