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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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”
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”
I <3 Glasgow. I think
Let me take you back to early May. The reason why I went to Scotland was not to go to the botanical garden in Edinburgh – however excited I was about getting to revisit it. No, my reason for flying over the North Sea was to visit Natalia in Glasgow. And honestly. Scotland is definitelyContinue reading “I ❤ Glasgow. I think”
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”
reunions & winter gardens in Oslo
Two months ago, I took the train to Oslo. We were a whole crew, going to visit Hanna, my former classmate who just moved there to start a PhD. Half of my master’s class, renting a beautiful apartment in central Oslo for the weekend. My first stop was Botanisk Hage, the Oslo university botanical garden,Continue reading “reunions & winter gardens in Oslo”
our unruly paradise
On those benches in the Montpellier botanical garden in September, I read the last chapters of Edward Abbey’s “Desert Solitaire – a season in the wilderness” (1968). It is a memoir of the years Abbey spent as a park ranger in Arches National Monument in Utah, USA, in the 1950s. It took me a reallyContinue reading “our unruly paradise”
Montpellier botanical garden
Narrow streets and cheese are definitely some of the most enjoyable things with Montpellier – but, not surprisingly, what I liked the most about this university town was the botanical garden. Jardin des Plantes was established in 1593, making it the oldest botanical garden in France. It is a green oasis in the otherwise quiteContinue reading “Montpellier botanical garden”
Montpellier – a Mediterranean gem
After the workshop in September, I took a little time off and spent a couple of days walking around on the winding streets of Montpellier. It is a city situated 10 kilometers from the Mediterranean coast in a hilly, dry landscape. It was first mentioned in a document from 985 and came into prominence inContinue reading “Montpellier – a Mediterranean gem”
Katja Malmborg 