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Amsterdam Garden Open Days
Each year Amsterdam hosts a wonderful festival for garden lovers, when during the third weekend of June the city opens up some 30 city...
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Sofias Country Gardens
Feb 1, 20193 min read
A sisal plantation in Mexico
This winter I travelled to Mexico and visited the Hacienda stouta de Peon, a historic sisal plantation and museum. Sisal (Agave sisalana)...
Sofias Country Gardens
Dec 15, 20182 min read
Paris botanical gardens
I must admit I found Paris Botanical Gardens to be just as grand as they sound, but what else would one expect from one of the most...
Sofias Country Gardens
Nov 3, 20184 min read
Bologna botanical garden
When I asked at the hotel I was staying for directions to Bologna botanical garden, the concierge looked at me with a firm look of...
Sofias Country Gardens
Apr 7, 20184 min read
Is corn envy a thing?
While travelling through the Sacred Valley in Peru, we spent a delightful day visiting Maria and Josef del Pilars wonderful corn farm...
Sofias Country Gardens
Mar 17, 20182 min read
Pisac Botanical Garden
Pisac is a village in southern Peru's Sacred valley region, so the odds are that few people stumble upon the jewel of a botanical garden...
Sofias Country Gardens
Mar 9, 20183 min read
My favourite garden in Amsterdam
I love to visit botanical gardens when I travel, and actually it is a hobby of mine to collect botanical gardens from all over the world....
Sofias Country Gardens
Feb 24, 20182 min read
A tropical holiday
As far as garden inspiration goes, I think that hotel gardens are a vastly underrated source of ideas and inspiration. I guess we take...
Sofias Country Gardens
Jan 20, 20181 min read
A weekend in Suffolk, UK
In late October last year I went for a long weekend to see my friends Didi and Marc in Suffolk. They live in a lovely house with origins...
Sofias Country Gardens
Nov 18, 20172 min read
A perfect summer day at Villa Gustafshäll
Last summer I went for a weeks holiday to Sweden. It is one of my favourite travel destinations, and I always take a day or two to enjoy...
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