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Lisbon: It was clear that the Lisbon university botanical garden had seen better days when I visited in 2015. But also that it had seen many. Some of the trees were enormous, it was compact and quiet. It felt like a very old, wise, forgotten corner of the city, a place to go breathe in the round, soft smells of decaying needles and leaves. And it even had a little butterfly house. I fell in love with Lisbon during that visit, and the botanic garden was a welcome, intense patch of greenery amidst the narrow alleyways and buildings with ornately painted ceramic tiles.
Photo: Jardim Botânico da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal, September 2015. Posted on Instagram April 15, 2020.
Katja Malmborg 