Sweden/Umeå In the center of Umeå, near the river, there is a small Nordic Garden with very impressive design. Atractive in any season just to take a look.

Sweden/Holmsund/Megs Trädgård 15 km from Umeå, situated near the sea. Several houndreds of different plants, bushes, trees. You would never think this could grow up north...

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Sweden/Vännäs/Tuffa Tåg 25 km inland from Umeå there is a very unusual garden. Small trains are going there between special arrangment of plants. More about TuffaTåg

Sweden/Skellefteå/City Park 120 km north from Umeå in a town park there is a collection of cacti and succulents which are arranged differently every sumnmer for more than 40 years! Digged up in the autumn and planted again in the spring. It is a living tradition and very unusual one. About Skellfteå

Sweden/Stockholm/Bergianska Garden At a time we were visiting this garden, sculptures from grass has been done. Very amazing sight! Otherwise a nice garden to wonder around with impressive green houses. Bergianska Garden info in Swedish...

Sweden/Stockholm/Rosendal Garden Situated in the center of Stockholm. This is a very old garden with an old tradition. I was surprized to see still alive apple trees, where you could put a hend through their stem....Lots of inspirations and different ideas for kitchen garden.

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Sweden/Uppsala/Linne Garden Situated in the center of Uppsala. Suddenly all city noise is closed off! Not so big garden, surrounded by huge and old trees. Garden shows systematically most of plant families and their representative members.What a variety! Linne has been responsible for this garden once upon the time. Garden Info

Sweden/Hammarby/Linne Garden Few km from Uppsala there is a small village where Linne has spent a part of his life together with his family. Even though there are not many furniture in the house, feeling is very special. A tapestry in his favourite flower: Linnea, his desk, tapestry in his workroom made from pictures to the herbarium drown by one of his friends. Garden Info

Poland/Poznan/Botanical Garden Garden in the center of a very busy city. All the noise is suddenly gone when entering there. Wonderful alpinarium (open on Sundays). Worth to visit in June for a medow of irises. Poznan City Info

Poland/Kornik/Arboretum Small castle is surrounded by a very old park with unique trees, more than 100 years old. Visit in the end of April for magnolia show! Unforgetable. Info Kornik Aroboretum

Poland/Wroclaw/Botanical Garden Old garden, created with a touch. In August we admired a vast collection of over 30 water lilies flowering at the same time. Info About Botanical Garden

Germany/Berlin/Botanical Garden Impressive collection of trees planted together by different species. I have never seen such a variety of oaks for instance, just beside each other. Breath taking green houses. We walked there for over 7 hours and could not in the end take all the impressions. Garden for blind people took our attention. A place to go back many times. Info About Botanical Garden Berlin

The Netherlands/Groningen/Hortus Garden Full of very different corners: Japanesse garden, grass garden. Many places still in planting. Young garden. Hortus Garden Info

The Netherlands/Appeltern/Designer's Garden Very special place with over 100 small gardens. Full of ideas. Everyone will find there something. Several hours of wondering and lots of impressions and ideas to take with. Examples how to compose different plants and materials together, do a garden on the roof, etc. Info in Dutch..

Photos & text by Joanna