67 The first botanic garden I photographed was Kirstenbosch in Cape Town. I was nine, and as with most trips I went on with my dad growing up, he wrote an article about it, centered around traveling with children. This was the first time he included my own words in the article, in a short,Continue reading “Kirstenbosch & grandma Lilian”
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November dusk: On the office poncho & living alone in times of COVID
C R A F T S It was such a beautiful late September Sunday afternoon when Natalia and I finally came out to photograph my office poncho. The leaves had just started to shift color, but the temperature was mild enough to make walking barefoot perfectly comfortable. Granted, I don’t get cold easily, but still.Continue reading “November dusk: On the office poncho & living alone in times of COVID”
October morning: On the dragon-scale jumper
C R A F T S PART I Sometimes, life just knocks you down. Not permanently, but for a time. Too many things go against you, and nothing good just kind of accidentally happens. As if the world had run out of serendipity. I think many of us have felt that way during the pastContinue reading “October morning: On the dragon-scale jumper”
Paris (i)
66 Jardin des plantes de Paris was established in 1635, in France only surpassed in age by the botanic garden in Montpellier (which is a lovely garden, by the way). It also figures in the beautiful but sad novel “All the light we cannot see” by Anthony Doerr. Granted, in the book it is mainlyContinue reading “Paris (i)”
seasons
65 I love seeing autumn unfold outside my living room window. The ash slowly turning from bright green to yellow and then, after a particularly windy night, stand there completely naked. The maples shift into orange and red. The aspen glow like torches, lit up from behind by the setting sun. And the pine treeContinue reading “seasons”
Seattle (i)
64 A short walk from Capitol Hill, where I was staying during my visit to Seattle in 2012, lies Volunteer Park and the Volunteer Park Conservatory. The park is pretty and the conservatory greenhouse is small and lush. At the time, the conservatory had free admission and was completely adorable. Photo: Volunteer Park Conservatory, Seattle,Continue reading “Seattle (i)”
Clermont-Ferrand (i)
63 Situated on the same street as the Michelin head office in an otherwise sleepy residential area of brutalist apartment complexes in suburban Clermont-Ferrand, the Jardin botanique de la Charme is easy to miss. It is small, and at a first glance it looks neglected and forgotten, full of empty flowerbeds and big trees hangingContinue reading “Clermont-Ferrand (i)”
Bagarmossen (i)
62 Yesterday I led the last interview for my study with forest owners about place meanings. I focused on the Swedish idea of “hembygdskänsla”. It is a word that doesn’t have a good translation into English, it’s meaning is similar to sense of home, but more. “Bygd”, which makes up the middle part, is aContinue reading “Bagarmossen (i)”
Amsterdam (i)
61 Hortus Botanicus started as an herb garden for doctors and apothecaries in 1638. Today it has a tightly planted, wide selection of trees, a couple of great green houses and, what made me most excited during my visit in 2013, a butterfly house! Here, I managed to capture a Flying Dutchman together with someContinue reading “Amsterdam (i)”
words of botany (iii)
60 Many things have been said about gardens. Among them, that they are an example of how humans have tried to control and manage our natural surroundings. A way to enjoy the beauty of plants, without having to engage with the chaos and unpredictability that comes with any “naturally” evolving ecosystems. In some ways, IContinue reading “words of botany (iii)”
Katja Malmborg 