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)”
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words of botany (i & ii)
33 & 34 I’ve been trying to figure it out. Where this interest comes from. My obsession with botanic gardens. I’d like to say there’s something profound about it – but maybe it’s just a type of collection. I come from a family of collectors, list-makers and chroniclers. I tick gardens off my list andContinue reading “words of botany (i & ii)”
mission statement
3 Botanic gardens. I collect them. Since 2012, I have visited, photographed and written travel journal entries about thirty-three. This is what I will do here: Post photographs from the botanic gardens and write about them, about what they mean to me, about what they make me feel. Literally, and in a more loosely connected,Continue reading “mission statement”
introduction
2 It was during one of those other surreal moments in time, when (forgive me the big word) the Anthropocene came crashing into my life, wrenching emotions out of the rational awareness I’ve had for years: We are in an age of great uncertainty. And things are happening to the biosphere. Stranded in the droughtContinue reading “introduction”
prologue
1 Living in this bubble, now. Self-(semi-)quarantine, shared with the rest of the world, but also my very own, PhD-stage-imposed. In the in-between space of finishing writing a paper and getting a new study started, my days are spent in a mental tennis match of ideas. Those of others, through the scientific papers I read,Continue reading “prologue”
Katja Malmborg 