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21 [Garden thyme / Kryddtimjan (S) / Thymus vulgaris] Many herbs came to Sweden through monks from the European continent, and were first grown in monastery gardens, before spreading to the general public. So is the case with thyme, originally coming from the Mediterranean. Thyme was believed to give strength and courage, for example whenContinue reading “Swedish ethnobotany (i)”

20 The Bergius botanic garden in Stockholm has very knowledgeable and passionate staff, who regularly organize topical guided tours in the garden. These days, those tours have all been postponed, so I choose to reminisce, while waiting for organized non-virtual edification to start up again. Some years ago, a couple of days before Midsummer, IContinue reading “Swedish ethnobotany (intro)”