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Perched between the low medieval buildings of old Visby and the steel-grey Baltic lies a tiny botanic garden. For being so small, though, it manages to accommodate a great number of different plants. Cared for by the association DBW (De Badande Wännerna = the bathing friends), it has been situated here since 1855. Already at the entrance, I am greeted by two massive plane trees. A bit further in, an ancient apple tree is leaning leisurely on the ground (again with these old old trees…) – and already here, it is easy to forget the dense town of timber walls and cobble-stone streets outside the garden walls. The greenery being so lush and protective.
Photo: The Botanical Garden of the Bathing Friends in Visby, Sweden, September 2018. Posted on Instagram October 1, 2020.
Katja Malmborg 