It is rather small, the botanic garden in Lund. Situated behind a solid brick wall on the outskirts of the old town of Lund, it is like a green little universe of its own. The high, old trees shelter the garden from the city noises outside, and it is easy to forget you are inContinue reading “a breath of summer in the Lund botanic garden”
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early spring flowers in a Helsinki garden
Just a couple of days after returning home from Glasgow I went to Helsinki. For work, yes, but still I had time to visit the Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden for my own particular pleasure. I went there with two friends and a toddler. They enjoyed the sunny lawn in front of the greenhouses for a while,Continue reading “early spring flowers in a Helsinki garden”
Glasgow’s backyard jungle
I hope you’re not sick of my obsession with botanic gardens. I’m guessing, without a touch of nerdy love for plants, you wouldn’t have continued reading my writings anyway. So. Here is my second Scottish garden. It has ha familial feel to it. As if, first, it’s a place where Glaswegians come to spend timeContinue reading “Glasgow’s backyard jungle”
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, revisited
It is raining. I’m sitting in the new apartment, by my old desk, Natalia came to visit yesterday and she said “You’re a city girl now” and I guess that’s true. I live just inside the “tullarna” (=tollgates), as the Stockholm definition of the city stands. I am surrounded by mostly hard-made surfaces and flowerbeds,Continue reading “Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, revisited”
Katja Malmborg 