My fascination with trees grows. My favourite haunt in Geneva is the Botanical Gardens where I go almost every other day to just sit and stare.
Wikipedia tells me that it was founded in 1817 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. It covers 28 hectares and holds major scientific collections and its herbarium with over six million preserved specimens, is among the largest in the world.
The garden has a living collection of 10,000 species of 249 different families from around the world.
It is divided into several sections: an arboretum, rock gardens and protected plants, greenhouses, horticultural plants, including a 'garden of scent and touch'.
Well, apart from knowledge, it's a great place to spend time quietly, gazing upwards and beyond and wondering how these majestic species survive the rigours of climate changes and how much we have to learn from them.
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