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”
Category Archives: botanic gardens
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)”
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)”
Lyon (ii)
58 The botanic garden in Lyon has a variety of greenhouses and, on the day of my visit, a beautifully still lake, yes. But what really took my breath away: The most impressive display of dahlias that I have ever seen. The color of those flowers! I had a thing for dahlias that summer, 2018,Continue reading “Lyon (ii)”
Visby (i)
57 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. AlreadyContinue reading “Visby (i)”
Zürich (ii)
55 On the grass next to the pond in the botanic garden in Zürich, they had made a neat little arrangement with chili fruits when I visited in 2017. Then, I had no idea chilis could come in so many different shapes and colors. Beautiful – but dangerous! (Today, though, the fruits on the doubleContinue reading “Zürich (ii)”
Bergius (iv)
51 During the summer months, the small Victoria greenhouse down by the water in the Bergius Botanic Garden is also open. It is tiny, completely taken up by a circular pool with Victoria water lilies, and a small selection of other tropical plants surrounding it. It is really pretty. Photo: Inside the Victoria greenhouse inContinue reading “Bergius (iv)”
Katja Malmborg 