France's Champs-Elysées Goes Green

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And Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gets in on the act too, arguably with a keener eye for the camera than her husband. 8,000 plots of earth were brought into central Paris, with some 150,000 plants installed — including 650 fully grown trees — representing France's agricultural produce. Visitors are able to buy boxes of earth for their own gardens.

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