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New £11.6m Aberdeen garden centre has flower urinals
A new £11.6m garden centre has been officially opened in Aberdeen, creating dozens of jobs.
The Dobbies Garden World, at the city's Lang Stracht, replaces the existing store near Hazelhead Park and is described as "bigger, better, greener". It features unusual men's urinals in the shape of flowers, designed by San Francisco-based artist Clark Sorensen, and called Nature's Call. Male customers can choose between an orchid, an arum lily or a pitcher plant.
Staff tended a dress made
of roses at the opening
The opening ceremony featured a model wearing a dress created from roses to mark the connection.
James Barnes, chief executive of Dobbies, said: "The Aberdeen store is a concept for a new generation of garden centres in the UK and the benchmark from which we will launch all future stores.
Extracts of an article in BBC News Online 5th March 2010
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