Alter Botanischer Garten in Göttingen

Göttingen (iii)

121 The greenhouses in the historic botanic garden in Göttingen. Seriously. The greenhouses! Old and quite small, so intensely green it almost feels like they were planted and then left to rewild in their tiny universe of tropical rainforest in the middle of chilly autumn Germany. The first one I entered was completely dedicated toContinue reading “Göttingen (iii)”

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120 My friend Josh messaged me: “Let’s just both remember that it’s only a phd and no one will die if it sucks.” My mantra for the coming five months. I booked the date of my defense today. Photo: Alter Botanischer Garten in Göttingen, Germany, September 2017. Posted on Instagram April 20, 2021.

Göttingen (ii)

106 Göttingen, being an old university town with biology and agronomy as two of their strong disciplines, has three botanic gardens. I managed to visit two during my visit in 2017. And I fell like a pine (as the Swedish saying goes). The old garden, situated on the edge of the old city center, isContinue reading “Göttingen (ii)”

the wild & the tame

41 The sun is shining again and I walk down to the center square in my neighborhood, I pick up books from the library and buy strawberries. Outside the local bakery, I sit down with a cappuccino and one of their wonderful, rich cardamom buns. I read the old children’s book “Where the wild thingsContinue reading “the wild & the tame”

Göttingen (i)

36 Göttingen has three botanic gardens: the historic one in the city center and two others, situated outside the city close to one of the university campuses. When I visited in 2017, my friend Esther told me that the university doesn’t want to manage the old garden, since no research to speak of is conductedContinue reading “Göttingen (i)”