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Monet loved these summer flowers, and you will too. Water lilies, plants in the genus Nymphaea, are aquatic blooms that grow in ponds and water gardens. Their green lily pads spread out across the ...

Elgin Energy wants to create the battery plant in the countryside next to a popular attraction but residents are worried ...

Gathered round Martha’s Pond in New Jersey’s iconic Pine Barrens, students in Claude Epstein’s environmental science class ...

Oceanco and Vripack have moved in another direction with the elegant 331-foot Lily, a concept that would be the wildest yacht on the water ... a lily pond.) Lily will have Lateral Naval Architects ...

Julianstown Tidy Towns will hold their National Spring Clean in the village and surrounding areas on Saturday 12th April, and ...

This year we are highlighting our civic project the planting and maintaining of the elegant and serene lily ponds at the Jewel Box in Forest Park. The St Louis Water Garden Society’s members work ...

Some of the best visitor attractions in the region have been revealed in the Visit York Tourism Awards 2025. The event, now in its 27th year, took place last night at York Racecourse and covered 16 ...

The Mithila region is known for its makhana, a nutritious seed harvested from ponds, often cultivated alongside fish. The ...

Making use of the natural slope, they installed a small waterfall feature with a pump circulating and refreshing the water.