About

This is blog about my botanical garden. This is not only the botanical garden in my town, it is also the garden around my home,the forest behind our house, the park in the city I’ve visited, the garden and its plants trough history, in art ,in my imagination .It is the garden accompanying me trough my life.

I am passionate art and nature lover.As I work for the third age university I got the opportunity to develop a new field of education for our seniors-my idea was to start the senior garden volunteers program .I find it intriguing for this program is not only a bond between education and nature, but it mirrors connections between society, ecology, development, individuality. My wish is to start an inter generational project with our senior garden volunteers .So this blog is also about topics dealing with importance of botany education, senior learning,inter generational learning, ecology,garden volunteers, art. Because, as I have mentioned before-it is blog about MY BOTANICAL GARDEN.

Feel free to join me in this journey!

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  5. Please add your name and the corner of the world in which this botanical garden can be found.
    I love the header with the ‘Blauwe Zeedistel’, Dutch for ‘Sea holly’ (Eryngium maritimum).
    Beautiful!
    Hope to read more here on your botanical adventures.
    Paula

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    1. Thank you!Senior’s gardening is an old concept, but our garden volunteers are special as they do learn a lot and then spread this new knowledge back to community,this is a process by which senior people not only contribute to society, but also reintegrate themselves -for old people are too often underprivileged group, stereotypes about older people being one of the many reasons for that………

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  14. Delightful concept, and as you might guess from stopping by my blog, we have a lot of interests in common, so I look forward to seeing what this particular near-senior garden-and-art aficionado can learn from you along the way!
    Cheers,
    Kathryn

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    1. Dear Cathryn,
      thank you for nice words,but I am sure there is much I can learn from you along the way as well-and this is I like the most about my blog-meeting people who are interested in world around them!
      All the best,
      Tamara

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  15. Hi, thanks for stopping by. I’ve been looking at your blog with interest, it’s a great concept! I love to see people sharing their knowledge for the benefits of others.

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  19. Thank for stopping by and liking my Red Tail Recluse post. The best part for me is visiting in kind and finding a great site! Well set-up, full of great information and ideas, and awesome photos. Look forward to more visits.
    Rhonda

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      1. :) Thank you for that. It is amazing how supportive and appreciative the blogging community is of one another…if only the rest of the world could be as well.
        Rhonda

      3. :) Maybe if enough of the world gets involved, as so many already have…we can make a difference!! Wouldn’t that be GREAT!

  22. I’ve been very remiss in not thanking you for visiting my blog so often. Few things a gardener likes more than sharing her garden. Makes the work that much more rewarding.

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  23. You do me great honor in the nomination for Versitile Blogger Award! I don’t know how to express what it makes me feel. Is there something I have to do to accept?

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  24. Many thanks for stopping to read my blog, Stones and Feathers. I see we share a love of gardening and the pleasure of learning grace from our gardens! I like your blog as well.

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  25. Thank you for stopping by … In Your Garden, a book recommended by ucsusa.org – shows how the love of being outdoors, reading, gardening and prose just fits

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      1. i did not know about Vita before the ucsusa.org garden series … i urban garden but grew up with a garden my mom treated like one of the kids
        with nettles, most herbs, rubarb, mint, kale, mustard greens etc …i love my little containers though … thank you for the conversation … more to learn

  27. Hello,
    you have a wonderful blog – with so much value informations! I´m unfortunately not an expert in gardening but I love to take pictures from mother nature and from all beautiful flowers, althought I don´t even know the name of them. Now, I can look up the name from some of the flowers that I shoot on your blog that is very informative – it´s nice!
    Thank you for stopping by on my “Photos On The Go” and I also thanks for sharing your great pictures and your experiences in gardening!

    Greetings,
    Sunelly Sims

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  29. Thank you for stopping by and liking my blog. By coincidence I too am a volunteer tutor with my local U3A [University of the Third Age] here in England. But it is a ‘singing for fun’ group. Photography is a hobby for me and I am limited to my own garden most of the time, but I love doing close-ups of flowers etc.
    with best regards Eileen

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    1. What a nice coincidence!I actually work for U3A-developing new programs,I work on our international projects,I write…..yesterday a journalist from Slovakia visited me to talk about Sculpting in clay workshop….
      Do you engage in some other groups at your U3A?
      All the best,
      Tamara

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    1. Congratulations for the award-you do have a great blog!!!!!
      And THANK YOU for listing My botanical garden!!!
      Sorry for the delay-i will do my duty in next days-need some time to do it well!
      All the best,
      Tamara

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  33. I’m glad you liked my blog post the other day. I’m also interested in art, (currently in a dormant stage), and in nature and gardening.
    Recently moved house from one where I could create a garden because there was only a rectangle of grass to one with a mature garden and I’m missing the creative side immensley!
    Your blog looks interesting and informative. Glad to have found you :)
    Currently boning up on trees as I realised this spring how many I couldn’t identify as I drive round The Peak District.

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    1. Thank you for nice words!
      I see you do live in great surroundings,I guess a lot of trees there?;)
      I am far for knowing all the trees in my neighborhood, but which intrigues me now is I’ve realized I don’t recognize more than several birds here around ;(
      all the best,
      Tamara

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      1. I did creative writing, I loved the challenge. Also line dancing, loved the excercise. Card making, I loved the artistic outlet.

  40. Great on and very interesting blog with a nice thematology such as flowers. Also thank you for visiting my page.
    I glad to meet you Tamara.

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  44. Thank you for stopping by and liking my post. This is a lovely idea for a blog and I agree with you that connecting with gardens and plants is often a good way to connect with people too.

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    1. OK,you don’t need to be jealous at all-I just love nature, garden, beauty,that’s all.And see you do, too-you cactus pics are great,look forward to visit again!

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    1. You have an interesting blog I look forward to visit again.Glad you do like the collection in My Botanical Garden-I work hard to make it grow and I enjoy doing it ;)
      All the best, Tamara

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    2. You do have an interesting blog!
      Glad you like collection in My Botanical Garden-I try hard to make it interesting,nice,educational,fun-and I enjoy doing it ;)
      All the best,
      Tamara

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    1. I am sorry to disappoint you, but the picture doesn’t show the whole plant, so it is not easy to tell which one it could be ;(
      You have a nice blog thou-after all the work I’ve done in my kitchen today I wish I would live in a hotel, too….
      All the best,
      Tamara

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  59. Thanks for stopping by my blog yesterday. I love the idea of your senior garden project and wish you much success with it. And now, I’ll spend a little time browsing through your botanical garden. Thanks for sharing it with us all!

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    1. Thank you-my senior garden project is developing and I am happy to see what it means to all seniors involved,besides that they do a great job, too.Feel free to visit my Botanical Garden, you might meet garden volunteers ;)

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  60. Tamara, you really get around! This time you found someone who’s been to Ljubljana (many years ago). I learned about backyard vegetable gardening from an elderly couple in Bosnia, and regularly trade garden tips with my mother’s friends, so I love the idea of your intergenerational project. I’m looking forward to keeping up with your posts. Do vidjenja!

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  61. Hi there!
    This is a very important and commendable blog as it serves to connect so many aspects together: society, ecology, development and individuality; and deals with botany, education, senior learning, intergenerational learning, ecology, volunteerism and art.

    For your information, in addition to being a full-time carer of an elderly person, I am also a very busy and dedicated person who have done a great deal of pro bono works over my working life to promote good causes and worthy organisations. So, I do understand and appreciate the focus of your life and what you intend to achieve.

    In a nutshell, your botanical garden is a special one and very inclusive! And for that, you deserve a big hug from SoundEagle . . . . .

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    1. This is a comment I highly appreciate as I see you share the same values about helping others as I do.I intend to keep on trying to make My Botanical Garden a place open to learning,art, volunteering,friends-feel free to stop by any time!And thank you for the hug-I needed one today ;)

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  62. Tamara, thanks for liking my post. I’ll stop in and visit your blog for inspiration. I support, run & walk in botanical gardens and nature sanctuaries when I can and every chance I get.

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  66. Thanks so much for visiting my blog yesterday and liking “Dreams…”. I truly appreciate your visit and the “like”. You have a very beautiful and interesting blog! Please stop by my blog again soon!

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      2. I know, I know-but there is award and I would like to write a good post about it ;)
        Congratulations for the award and thank you for nominating me!

  72. Hi! Thank you for stopping by my blog and for the “like” on my recent post “On Gardening”. I am happy to have found your wonderful blog, and I can’t wait to read more of your entries. I’m definitely not a wonderful gardener, but I can tell that you are. I hope I can learn a thing or two, and also have some wonderful adventures through your blog. =)

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  76. I just wanted to stop by and say thank you very much for liking one of my photos. I have added a link to your blog on my links page and will be visiting here to view the beautiful flower photos. I loved your photos of the Christmas cactus. Those are one of my favorite plants.

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      1. Hello Tamara
        Thanks for liking one of the photos on my blog ‘Old School Garden’. I’ve been looking round your site and will be keeping up to date with you in your botanical Garden! I see you are interested in inter-generational learning, a topic that I’m into also. i’m involved with a project called ‘Mastergardener’ in the UK (not sure whereabouts you are), which includes working with communities ,schools etc in growing their own food. I’m aware of some interesting examples of where older people and youngsters are jointly developing a community/school garden. Anyway, hope to see you again and maybe keep the conversation going here and at http://www.audaxdesign.co.uk ? Nigel

      2. Hi, Nigel!
        Welcome in My Botanical Garden-I see in Old School Garden there are interesting things going on, too! I will be visiting your garden for sure, to exchange ideas and views! Not to mention great photos you do have!See you!
        Tamara

  79. Hi! Thanks so much for stopping by my blog and for the “like” on my recent post. I’m happy you enjoyed reading it.

    Your blog and your garden are both beautiful. I’ve enjoyed looking around in here already! In particular, your post with the fern ice crystal patterns — beautiful pictures and patterns!

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  89. Intergenerational learning with gardening 7 botany as the subject matter sounds like a great idea. Best of luck with it! And thank you very much for the follow – I hope you find some botanical inspiration from my blog.

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  90. I think we are kindred spirits. I have slowly the past seven years turned an indoor courtyard into an “outdoor living museum” at the school where I teach 1st-8th grade (elementary) students science (I see each student once a week). They live in a high crime, urban area so don’t get to spend time outdoors. This has been such a wonder-ful experience for them (and me!) Keep up YOUR wonderful works.

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