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God jul, hyvää joulua, merry X-mas, wherever you find yourself in the end of this the strangest of years. May your day be calm and joyful.

The Edvard Anderson greenhouses in Bergius botanic garden change with the seasons. Maybe they do this in other botanic garden greenhouses as well. I wouldn’t know, as I visit most of them only once or twice. I don’t get to see the seasonal shifts. But Bergius is my home. In December, they often dress the greenhouses in a festive Christmas atmosphere. When I visited over Christmas break 2017, signs were showing and explaining the use of different Christmas-related plants: amaryllis, false Christmas cactus, cloves, ginger and cinnamon. It was all very neatly done, both pedagogical and cute. Adapted to all the happy children running around on the winding, narrow paths, allowing them to marvel at the wonders of plants.

Let’s hope that next Christmas season, they will be able to do that again, freely and without fear of getting too close. .

Photo: Little surprises in the moss terrariums in the Edvard Anderson greenhouses in the Bergius Botanic Garden in Stockholm, December 2017. Posted on Instagram December 24, 2020.