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It’s not big, the conservatory in Edmonton, with four greenhouse pyramids: the arid, the tropical, the temperate and the feature (during my visit in 2012 holding an exhibit of teddy bears having a picnic). It’s pretty, though. The smells and the sound of running water in both the temperate and tropical pyramids have such a soothing influence, I could sit here for hours. After having taken the whole tour through all the pyramids, I sat down next to a blooming banana plant in the tropical pyramid and caught up with some writing. When my hands started to tremble from low blood sugar, I went out to eat the small lunch of boiled eggs, an apple and a carrot that I had taken with me, and then ended up inside again, in the temperate pyramid. The contrast with the snowy outside making it feel particularly inviting. The conservatory was probably my favorite site in the otherwise not very exciting Edmonton.
Photo: The Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, March 2012. Posted on Instagram February 22, 2021.
Katja Malmborg 