Momente din Seul 17. Gradina Namsangol Hanok / Seoul Moments 17. Namsangol Hanok Garden

On your way to or from Namsan Mountain, you mai stroll a little through Namsangol Hanok Garden. During Joseon dynasty, this was a kind of resort. Sometime they called it Cheonghak-dong after the blue cranes who inhabited the area. To … Continue reading

Momente din Seul. 9. Gradina Pagodelor / Seoul Moments 9. Pagodas Garden

I walked a while in the Pagodas Garden, a lovely spot near the National Museum. A lot of pagodas, constructed during the Three Kingdoms era to the Joseon era, have been brought here from different places in the country to … Continue reading

Momente din Seul 7. Sera victoriana de la Changgyeonggung/ Seoul Moments 7. Victorian Nursery at Changgyeonggung

One of the characteristics of the Korean landscape is putting the objective in the natural context and the the garden/park becomes pure nature. This may be observed also in the gardens of the Changgyeonggung. Right at the beginning, this place … Continue reading

Expozitie de sezon la Palmenhaus / Season Exhibition at Palm House

Schonbrunn Palace together with Schonbrunn park entered UNESCO heritage in 1996. While in Vienna, I visit often the Palm House, a marvellous Art Nouveau metal construction, the biggest in Europe of this kind. Sometimes there is a special exhibition there. … Continue reading

Visul canadian ep. 2 – Visul unei zile de vară la Butchart Gardens

Acum 5 ani am petrecut 3 săptămâni în oraşul Victoria, pe Insula Vancouverului. Unul dintre obiectivele deja faimoase ale insulei este Butchart Gardens, devenit, în 2004, sit istoric naţional.Fondatorii acestei grădini minunate sunt o familie de producători de ciment. Doamna … Continue reading

Expozitia de flori din Chelsea, Londra

Am vizitat, în sfârşit, această prestigioasă expoziţie anuală de peisagistică, anul trecut. În fiecare an, în luna mai, are loc la Londra un apreciat eveniment horticol, mediatic dar şi monden: Chelsea Flower Show. Organizatorul acestui eveniment, urmărit cu mare interes … Continue reading