Miracle Garden – Dubai, U.A.E.

Arid Dubai isn’t where you’d expect to find the world’s biggest natural flower garden, but then again the state specialises in superlatives and the unexpected – as well as the world’s tallest building and the world’s tallest hotel. Located in Dubailand near the Arabian Ranches and opened on Valentine’s Day of 2013, Dubai Miracle Garden contains over 45 million flowers over a 72,000 sq metre site and, as well as traditional flowerbeds, it features topiary-style displays with blooms fashioned into the shapes of hearts, stars, igloos, pyramids and so on. Intended as a tourist attraction which should attract one million…