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Vaxholm, Stockholm, Sweden
Enthusiastic amateur gardener and photographer from the island of Resarö, Vaxholm. Designed and built my Greenhouse and Potager in Tyra's Garden 2003. Love the outdoor life, gardening and sailing especially. This blog is about the greenhouse and the potager, the ornamental kitchen garden that surrounds the greenhouse. It all started with that I Tyra found 36 antique windows up on the attic in our summer house. They were so beautiful that I decided to build myself a greenhouse.
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Hip, hip, hurra! Linnaeus

Vår store botaniker Carl von Linné skulle fyllt 300 år i dag.

Happy Birthday to Linnaeus!

Just 1,54 cm tall but still huge. One of the worlds greatest scientist. Born in 1707 in Råshult as son of a priest. He grew up in Stenbrohult, moved to Uppsala where he married Sara and got a lot of children. 5 of them reached adulthood. Carl von Linné was born Carolus Linnaeus and was raised to nobility in 1757.

Tyra

2 comments:

Karin A said...

Så trevligt att du uppmärksammar hans dag på din blogg! Tänk vad mycket vi har att tacka honom för. Härlig bild!

Vero said...

Haha 300 år det är inte illa, tänk vad han hade fått uppleva under sin 300-åriga livstid.

Mums, vad det skulle sitta fint med solvarma hallon nu.

Have a beautiful day Tyra!