On 4th April 2017 I visited the University of British Columbia botanical garden in Vancouver, Canada. It was more dfficult to find by public transport as I had […]
Indigenous plant walk in Victoria BC
On 1st April 2017, I visited the Compost Education Centre in Victoria BC, Canada, where I’d enrolled on an indigenous plant walk around the grounds, lead by Ashley […]
Jondal, the Hardanger Academy and the Nordic Permaculture Festival 2018
It’s been announced that this year’s Nordic Permaculture Festival will be arranged between 12th and 15th July 2018 in Jondal at the Hardanger Academy for Peace, Development and […]
Baroniet Rosendal
Barony Rosendal (Baroniet Rosendal) is a historic estate and manor house on the Hardangerfjord going back to the 1650s. As part of Perennialen III, on our way to […]
Governor’s House Garden in Victoria BC
Continuing with another garden I visited in Victoria BC, Canada! My host Solara Goldwynn took me on a quick visit to the Government House Garden (from 1911) on […]
Edibles in the Abkhazi Gardens in Victoria BC
The next garden I visited in Victoria BC on 1st April 2017! The Abkhazi Gardens were created by Prince Nicholas Abkhazi from Georgia and his wife from 1947, […]
Walk and talk at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific
So much has happened this year that I haven’t had time to blog about several places I’ve visited this year….with a bit more time now I’m returning to […]
Annual meeting of Norwegian Permaculture Association in Trondheim
Pictures from the Norwegian Permaculture Association’s Annual Meeting in Trondheim in June 2011 including design of the new Permabed at Svartlamoen and visit to the Edible Garden in […]
Having permafun in Porsgrunn
Back in Nesodden (family visit) after two great days celebrating økouka (national organic week) in Porsgrunn! Thanks to Gunn Marit and Anne Sofie for inviting me and for […]
Edibles at the Gothenberg Botanical Garden
A picture album of edible species spotted in the Gothenberg Botanical garden on the last day of August 2017! Thanks to Johan Nilson for showing me around! Post […]
Walk with Bosse in the Gothenberg Botanics
I visited Bo “Bosse” Blomquist last year outside of Gothenburg and despite it being a bit late in the day and almost dark at the end, I was really […]
Royal Botanic Garden Edible Garden Award
Thanks to Robin Allan for sending me this link. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh has won an award for its Edible Garden and look at the picture […]
Talk at the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens
It was a great honour to finally get to talk at the Gothenburg Botanical Gardens last night….not just once but twice as the first talk (picture) was sold […]
Valdres
Pictures from my visit to Valdres….. Pictures from my visit to Valdres….. Post Views: 137
Permakultur samling Oikos Nord Trøndelag
Pictures from a great day last Sunday in the company of a great group of permaculture interested folks from Oikos Nord Trøndelag (Oikos = Organic Norway) We started […]
Planter i Hurdal prestegårdshagen
Her er min bilde-dokumentasjon av plantene i Prestegårdshagen i Hurdal funnet under to besøk i juli 2017 før evt restaurering / nyplanting kommer i gang! Se også bildene av nøttekråkene, […]
Knut Langeland was here!
It was a thrill to suddenly find Knut Langeland on my door step, on the way to Tromsø! We spent a pleasant couple of hours chatting and looking […]
Kerstin’s polyculture gardens!
I was blown away by Kerstin Lye’s garden in the Hurdal Ecovillage….a great example of a naturalistic polycultural mix of perennials and annuals and a great inspiration for […]
Utrecht Edimentals
Utrecht in the Netherlands has one of the great botanical gadens in Europe alongside Royal Botanical Gardens in Edinburgh, Gothenburg and Kew Gardens! I had a stopover for […]
City farm and Wolfgang Palme
One of the great things of travelling and doing these talks is all the fantastic people you meet. Wolfgang Palme (and his lovely wife Angelika who also acted […]
Salzburg and the end of the Tour d’Austria
Mission accomplished! I arrived here in Austria over a week ago! 3 garden tours and two seminars on and I’m now sitting with some porcini pasta and some […]
Arche Noah’s Show Gardens
A few pictures from my first three days in Schiltern and Austrian Seed Savers organisation Arche Noah’s amazing show gardens. The main show gardens are in the village […]
Tour d’Edimentals HQ
Wonderful shot from last night’s guided tour around the garden taken by WW (my Wonderful Wwoofer this week) who climbed onto the roof for what could have been […]
The Edible Garden on 9th July 2009
A tour around my garden in pictures early July 2009 Post Views: 105
Alton
I was very pleased to be invited to give a talk organised by the Curtis Museum in Alton, Hampshire, UK, not far from where I grew up in […]