A few pictures from a great weekend in Jondal at the Hardanger Academy for Peace, Development and Environment
A few pictures of edibles in the garden of the flat we stayed in in Jondal!
Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
Balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus)
An oriental hybrid lily
Campanula
Canna
Hosta
Begonia
Rose
…and the last set of pictures is from a trip to the Folgefonna glacier, only 35 mins to drive from sea level at Jondal to the ski lifts for summer skiing! The pictures are mostly of edible plants seen right next to the ski centre!
Just a few pictures from the Dokka Hagefestival (Garden Festival) this weekend 23rd June! I gave a talk outside under the festival “sail” supported by some 20 different perennial vegetables harvested from my garden the day before and KVANNs (Norwegian Seed Savers) stand which board member Lone Dybdal helped me with. After the talk we had a successful auction of the plants I’d brought along including a selection of rare and heirloom onions!
I’ve talked twice before at the festival, first in 2012 which was the first year it was arranged. I was then asked back the year after as I’d only got about halfway around the world the first time :)
Thanks to Tove Vesterås who’s been the festival “General” since the start!
The “sail”
Lone manned the stand. We sold my book and a few “loose-weight” plants
Most of the stands selling plants etc were on the main street of the town
A nursery specialising in historical perennials
The collection of perennial vegetables I’d brought along to illustrate my talk including various Alliums – scorodoprasum, cernuum, ursinum, victorialis, hymennorhizum, nutans, pskemense etc
Introduction from Dokka Hagelag
In action, Angelica archangelica (Kvann) on the table and Ligularia fischeri behind my back! (picture by Lone)
I’m visiting Hurdal Ecovillage again this weekend, so thought I would post this album of pictures from the Nordic Permaculture Festival held there in August 2013! https://www.facebook.com/events/219614368452015/
Johan Swärd talked about old grains including Svedjerugen, yes this rye, an integral part of the slash and burn agriculture practised by the Svedje-Finns, is really this tall!
Svedjerug straw!
The barn where I gave my talk!
The festival produced most of its veggies on-site!
The organisers!
Prestegården from 1837 is part of the Ecovillage! I had a look in the garden for old garden edimentals!
Prestegårdshagen
Hazel is hardy here!
Perennial vegetables, Edimentals (plants that are edible and ornamental) and other goings on in The Edible Garden
