In researching I came across a few things I thought were pretty crazy and you guys might get a kick out of. First, at the Forestry Museum in Portland they teach children to plant trees using plastic dirt and plastic trees. And on a much grander scale, check out the Lied Jungle in Omaha, the "World's Largest Indoor Rainforest".
http://www.omahazoo.com/exhibits/index.asp?page=exhibits/jungle.htm
Also of interest on a different note is this page about Tokyo and the shrinking amount of greenery left in the super city (Only 4% of the city is allocated for green space as opposed to New Yorks 12% and shrinking still). The people in the city have taken to making flower pot gardens because they have no actual plots of land to plant anything in the ground.
http://pingmag.jp/2008/01/10/real-vs-fake-nature-in-tokyo/
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i'm not sure if it is relevant or not but there is also the montreal biodome (which i have been too and it's fantastic). take a peek at the web site it's got little maps of each of the areas and some photos. it sounds like you are on a roll!
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/biodome/site/site.php?langue=en
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