You know my thing for botanic gardens. I have a neat collection now, 28 gardens on four continents. A bit surprising, then (or maybe, absolutely not) that I have not yet written a proper post about the botanic garden just next door: the Bergius Botanic Garden, run by Stockholm University. There is one post fromContinue reading “two seasons in the Bergius Botanic Garden”
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for future reference
I went to Mexico, came back and the first snow both fell and melted. I promise to tell you about it, but first: In late October, I went down to Skåne, southern Sweden, to conduct my last preparatory stakeholder interviews. What I asked them and what I will use their answers for, I intend toContinue reading “for future reference”
art in the forest
Strictly speaking not a botanic garden, but I can be generous in my definitions. Smack in the middle of my study area, in the municipality of Östra Göinge, lies the castle Wanås. It has a history stretching back into the 15th century and the castle played an important role in the wars between Sweden andContinue reading “art in the forest”
a breath of summer in the Lund botanic garden
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”
my southern Sweden travels
Now that I’ve changed projects from studying smallholder farmers in the Volta basin in West Africa to bundles of ecosystem services in the Helge å catchment, my fieldwork has become both less time-consuming and less exotic. It is both nice, and a bit sad. Burkina Faso is an incredible country to get to know –Continue reading “my southern Sweden travels”
terminally lost
It was lying by the window, curled up, gleaming blue. It must have flown in on a warm afternoon, windows open to let the breeze in, and then not found its way back out. Starved. It’s a purple emperor (Apatura iris), from the right angle the wings take on the depth of the August nightContinue reading “terminally lost”
an island summer, part III: Öland (mid-August)
When I was invited to speak at the Burkina Faso day on Öland, I thought it could be a perfect opportunity to also do some vacationing. I convinced Ashley, a dear friend and Canadian in great need of seeing more of Sweden than just Stockholm, to come with me. So, for our shared brief, but lovely summerContinue reading “an island summer, part III: Öland (mid-August)”
an island summer, part II: Koster (early August)
In the beginning of August, I went to Koster with my dad to spend a couple of windy days on those ragged isles. Koster is a group of islands off the west coast of Sweden, right on the border to Norway. My great grandfather’s family comes from Strömstad, the closest town on the mainland toContinue reading “an island summer, part II: Koster (early August)”
an island summer, part I: Björkskär (early July)
When going through the photographs from the past summer, I realized that all the trips that I went on took me to islands in different parts of Sweden. I guess it’s not that far-fetched, with the water and open horizons, islands make sense in summer. But still, that I only went to islands, by chance.Continue reading “an island summer, part I: Björkskär (early July)”
magic Midsummer at Bergius Botanical Garden (mid-June)
Just across an oak grove hill from my office lies the Stockholm university botanical garden, called Bergianska after two Swedish important botanists who established the first botanical garden in the same location in the 18th century. A couple of days before Midsummer, I went to a guided tour of Bergianska’s herb garden, and the themeContinue reading “magic Midsummer at Bergius Botanical Garden (mid-June)”
Katja Malmborg 