World Gardening is a ramified offshoot of Datscha Radio. The site brings together texts, observations, audio files and views about gardening and related topics from around the world, depending on where my travels take me.

Palazzolo: After the Day of the Dead

The town of Palazzolo Acreide is situated 43 kilometres (27 mi) from the city of Syracuse in the Hyblean Mountains ...
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Taipei’s Flower Market

Taipei's flower market is located under the protective rain shield of a flyover about 100 meters from Daan Park. It's ...
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Treasure Hill Garden Views

(Translation follows) Treasure Hill Artist Village im Zhongzheng Distrikt Taipehs liegt nahe am Fluss, über dem ein Wirrwarr an Flyovers ...
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The El Paso Rose Garden

„Aspirin is very good“, Patrick says, „but take care you buy uncoated tablets only“, and he’s not talking about his ...
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Judd’s Sunflowers

The only two times I photographed a desert prickly poppy (Argemone polyanthemos) was in 2003 and in 2018, and both ...
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Resilience !

The Sotol plant (Dasylirion liophyllum) abounds on the Northern slopes of the Big Bend National Park. Its slender flower stems ...
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Texan Roses and Night Shades

From the Red Roses of Texas to freely growing "Night Shades" in avocado shaped BBQ roasts found on the corners ...
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The Hornet’s Datscha

Absolutely amazing and incredibly fast: in just 6 days, the hornets, having conquered the pine tree's birdhouse straight after the ...
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A Walk to the Cabaña del Retiro

11. März 2018. I meet Daniel Sigler at the Casa Encendida where he reads silently the El Pais while I ...
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Pink Dreams: La Quinta de los Molinos

21st March 2018 The air was fresh but the sun was shining and the lawns lit up in dreams in ...
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The Batán Permaculture Garden

The district of Batán borders on the Casa del Campo park, the neighborhood is a mixture of appartment blocks for ...
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16th Century Thistles: Visiting the Library of the RJM

A place for study, information but also a treasure trove of ancient books on botany, this is the library of ...
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A visit at the “Hospital De Plantas”

It’s less than a 20 minutes drive into the western part of Madrid and we reach the community of Pozuelo, ...
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The Honey Gardener

La Casa de la miel has been in the hands of his family ever since the shop was founded in ...
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Sunday Diary: Gardens within Gardens

Here’s a very quick update on what is happening in Madrid with Datscha Radio – and an diary of how ...
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Into the Periphery

7.3.2018 Today’s excursion to the periphery of Madrid brought on a flood of images and sounds. The aim was to ...
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The Rosegarden of Ramón Ortiz

A most depressing sight for all non-plant-affine persons: A rose garden in early spring! Prickly bare sticks sprouting from grey-brown ...
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Sabatini Gardens

Another rainy day and a visit to the Sabatini Gardens in the western part of Madrid, close to the Palace ...
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Notes from Gurukula

18:30 Uhr: Die Stunde, in der sich das Grün der Pflanzen und das Rot der Erde zu einem weichen, stumpfen ...
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