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How one couple and their ‘loving care’ transformed a barren, rocky island into a botanical garden, visited by millions, in just 55 years
Travel

How one couple and their ‘loving care’ transformed a barren, rocky island into a botanical garden, visited by millions, in just 55 years

By HAYLEY MINN Published: 10:15 EDT, 24 March 2025 | Updated: 10:18 EDT, 24 March 2025 A barren, rocky island 55 years ago, now a botanical garden visited by millions of tourists – but Oedo-Botania, in South Korea, would be nothing without one couple and their ‘loving care’. Lee Chang-ho discovered the island of Oedo

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Meet Britain’s botanical Indiana Jones who leads expeditions into Earth’s remote wildernesses in search of medicinal treasures… before using cutting-edge science to unlock their powers
Health

Meet Britain’s botanical Indiana Jones who leads expeditions into Earth’s remote wildernesses in search of medicinal treasures… before using cutting-edge science to unlock their powers

Professor Geoff Abbott is a botanical Indiana Jones. He leads expeditions into Earth’s wild places to find medicinal treasures – herbal remedies used by indigenous peoples that may contain life-saving chemicals that will revolutionise treatments for serious disorders. These expeditions take Geoff Abbott, a professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of California, Irvine

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