I Was Promised a Rose Garden. Trivia Quiz

Answer: Canberra

Floriade began in 1988 to celebrate Canberra's 75th anniversary. Each year contains a new theme, such as celebrating films, music and historic events. Each Floriade event displays about 300,000 individual flowers of hundreds of species. The event takes place annually in Canberra's Commonwealth Park and typically lasts about a month from mid-September to mid-October. Floriade is also known for its gnome decorating contest.

Answer: Tulip

Tulips are the most prominent attraction at Keukenhof which is located in Lisse, the Netherlands, the heart of Dune and Bulb Region. The tulip is the national flower of the Netherlands, so it makes sense that flower is the main attraction. The gardens themselves are only open for two months out of the year but Keukenhof Castle and other attractions are open year-round.

Answer: Zen Garden

Ryoan-ji is a famous Buddhist Zen Garden in Kyoto. It is the kare-sansui style, which means it is a dry landscape. It is characterized by large rocks surrounded by small pebbles in order to improve meditation and provide a calming surrounding. The garden is part of the Ryoan-ji Temple which was built in the 11th century, and the garden was constructed about 400 years later, but the exact time is unknown.

Answer: Villa Lante

Villa Lante is located in Viterbo, Italy and is home to, amongst other things, many fountains. The most striking is the Fontana dei Mori or the Fountain of the Four Moors in the lower part of the garden. There are at least eight true fountains although the museum that runs Villa Lante does not keep a tally because some fountains are broken, inoperable and there are other water structures that are not fountains such as basins that some people consider to be fountains. Villa Lante is a garden of surprises - a garden built with the intent to astonish visitors. Villa Lante once was home to a maze but that no longer exists.

Answer: Taj Mahal

The Mehtab Bagh or Moonlight Garden is located to the north of the Taj Mahal. It was built by Babur around 1530 and later came to be known as the Moonlight Garden when Shah Jahan built the Taj Mahal and would view it from the garden at night. Mehtab Bagh is prone to flooding in the rainy season.

In addition to fruits and flowers, the garden is also home to wide variety of animal life, especially birds.

Answer: Chocolate and rubber

Aburi Botanical Garden opened in the 1890s and the horticulturists who founded it, brought in cocoa seeds and rubber seeds which provided Ghana with a sturdy agricultural foundation. Today, the gardens use butterflies and other insects to pollinate cocoa plants which is used to make chocolate because climate change and severe draught are damaging the crops.

Answer: Former First Lady

Ajoke Muhammed was First Lady of Nigeria for a brief time during the 1970s. Her biggest legacy to her country is protecting its many rare and endangered plant life via multiple gardens and botanical centers she opened. One of these is Sarius Palmetum in Abuja which is home to many rare plants including the endangered succulent sea grapes, pitanga cherries and pepper fruit.

In addition, the garden is home to a variety of coconuts and palms.

Answer: Glowworms

Otari-Wilton's Bush is home to titiwai or glowworms that emerge during the night, particularly in winter. The garden offers nighttime tours so visitors can see the titiwai in all their splendor but only in the wintertime when there is more darkness. In addition, the garden is home to a wide variety of unique plant species with grow with the help of local rare birds who make their home there such as the korimako.

Answer: True

There are over 900 varieties and untold thousands of individual palm trees in Rio de Janeiro Botanical Gardens, all of whom are descended from the Palma Mater. The Palma Mater no longer exists as it was struck by lightning. The gardens initially were designed to grow spices but quickly became a tourist attraction.

It sits at the foot of Mt. Corcovado below the Christ the Redeemer statue.

Answer: Alhambra

The Patio de Lindaraja is one of many gardens at Spain's Alhambra palace. It was originally a wide-open gardens but as the palace underwent renovations over the centuries, it became a confined garden, surrounded by walls on all sides. It was built around the 16th century and although the garden looks similar to what it did at its construction, the marble figures are now replicas and not the originals.