Wanås Konst & Slott in Östra Göinge

Wanås (ii)

127 The outdoor art museum in the Wanås castle grounds is really impressive and surprising. I truly enjoyed strolling around there in the twilight hour. However, what left the deepest impression on me was still the tree. The Snapphane oak. It was already standing there when the first castle was being built in the endContinue reading “Wanås (ii)”

cognition (i & ii)

52 & 53 In August, while weeding among the kale on the allotment garden, I listened to a radio essay about hiking. The journalist referred to a cognitive science researcher who had said that research indicates that our ability for abstract thinking increases in places with open vistas, like mountains or by the ocean. AsContinue reading “cognition (i & ii)”

Wanås (i)

46 Strictly speaking not a botanic garden, but I can be generous in my definitions. Smack in the middle of the study area for my PhD project, 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 inContinue reading “Wanås (i)”