I thought I’d take you for a tour of the lower parts of the garden including the forest garden. No commentary, let’s just listen to the birds and […]
In the gardens at the Gothenburg Botanics in January
I also walked around the outside gardens during my visit to the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens on Saturday 25th January 2020. In the mild weather, there were many people […]
Edibles in the January Bulb Garden at the Gothenburg Botanics
On my way north from Vienna to Oslo, I found myself unexpectedly with a 4 hour wait in Gothenburg in Sweden, and there was no hesitation to visit […]
A weekend in paradise: arrival and the Celo Inn
In April 2018 both myself and Joe Hollis were invited as speakers at The Potential of Perennials for Food System Resilience Symposium in Stans, Switzerland. I also had […]
With Joe Hollis in Paradise!
What an amazing place, at Joe Hollis’ Mountain Gardens in North Carolina yesterday! My favourite forest garden anywhere!! At 77, Joe is still expanding having purchased more land […]
KVANNs Åpne Hager / Norwegian Seed Savers Open Gardens
Norsk: Det arrangeres åpne hager i KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) nettverk denne uken. Mine to hagevandringer er dessverre utsolgt, men du kan se hva vi holder på med […]
BINGN Student Visit to the Edible Garden
It was a busy weekend. On Sunday, a group of 6 third year BINGN students, a three year biodynamic apprenticeship program in the Nordic countries were here for […]
Visit from Austrian Hobbits!
Saturday was a great day with the garden full of Austrians and to make them feel at home I took them to the steepest parts of my garden […]
The Edible Garden Land Centre Opening
During KVANN’s (Norwegian Seed Savers) annual meeting weekend in Trondheim we had an official opening ceremony for my garden, The Edible Garden (Den Spiselige Hagen), as a Permaculture […]
Tante Grusom and Edvin “Fallskjerm” Trygg visit
I haven’t laughed so much during a garden tour for a long time! I had the pleasure to show Cathrine Johnsen, who operates a wild foraging company (Fru […]
Valbjør Gård and Nordigard Aukrust!
On 1st June, I gave a talk at one of Norway’s oldest herb farms, Nordigard Aukrust, run organically by Ola Aukrust since the 1980s. This was my first […]
Beredskapshagen (Preparedness Garden) i Valdres
Følgende artikkel ble først publisert i KVANNs Nyhetsbrev #9 fra desember 2018 . English: An article about Anders Nordrum’s Beredskapshagen (Preparedness-garden) in the Norwegian mountains in Valdres (see […]
2019 Fosen visit
I got home from my trip at 8am this morning! At 10:30 a great group of students studying self-sufficiency (sjølbergerlinja) at Fosen folkehøgskole (Fosen Folk High School) visited […]
Edibles in Dunedin Botanics
At long last, an album of pictures of edible plants spotted in the Dunedin Botanic Garden during my late summer visit on 26th March 2015, as part of […]
Wisley Gardens March 2019
An album of pictures from my visit to RHS Wisley Gardens on 11th March 2019 just outside of London, one of my favourite gardens for edimental spotting which […]
Kim Tyner’s wonderful “permaculture” garden in Wicklow!
Continuing my tour of Wicklow gardens which Orlaith Murphy had arranged for me! After a great lunch at Wendy Nairn’s house I was unprepared for the amazing garden […]
Wendy Nairn’s for lunch!
After visiting the Kilmacurragh botanical garden (http://www.edimentals.com/blog/?p=20724), my next visit in Wicklow, Ireland was to one of the founders of the organic movement in Ireland now with over […]
Visit to the Kilmacurragh Botanical Garden in 2018
Back in September again and I was in Ireland and my friend Orlaith Murphy had set up a diverse tour of great local gardens for me! Day two, […]
Other edible plants in the Dublin Botanical Gardens in 2011
In early October 2011, I was on a work trip in Ireland (Cork) and stopped off to see the city’s botanical garden for the first time! Here’s an […]
Medimental border in Dublin 2011
In early October 2011, I was on a work trip in Ireland (Cork) and stopped off to see the city’s botanical garden for the first time! I found this […]
Berberis and other unusual fruit at the botanics in Dublin
In early October 2011, I was on a work trip in Ireland (Cork) and stopped off to see the city’s botanical garden for the first time! Here’s a series […]
The Vegetable Garden at the National Botanic Garden in Dublin in 2011
In early October 2011, I was on a work trip in Ireland (Cork) and stopped off to see the city’s botanical garden for the first time! All posts […]
Protected: Derek Halpin’s garden in Roundwood
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A Cool Windy Planet Experience at Powerscourt
Back in September again and I was in Ireland and my friend Orlaith Murphy had set up a diverse tour of great local gardens for me! My first […]
Jorge’s edible water garden
I’ll always be grateful to my friend Jorge Carona as without him I would never have been invited to Portugal. The story of how we met is told […]