Plants as art: Stupendous flower images (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 28 May: link to “Wonderland” web page and to another review of the show Two artists are currently showing us flowers and plant life in very different ways, but to the same end:...
View ArticleZurich gets a tree museum (update)
GenevaLunch News Update 4 June / Zurich, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Zurich will soon add a new museum to its already eclectic and rich collection of these. One of the world’s top landscape architects,...
View ArticleWelcome home pies (rhubarb this time)
GenevaLunch News Click on photos to view larger My son just graduated from college, from UBC in Vancouver. What better way to celebrate his homecoming than with yet another pie, our standard way for...
View ArticleTopping and tailing gooseberries the easy way
GenevaLunch News Here’s a shortcut a wine grape grower’s wife shared with me, for topping and tailing gooseberries. We use them in jam and pies, both of which I love, but it’s always seemed unfair to...
View ArticleSwiss Alpine garden fresh pumpkin pie
GenevaLunch News We harvest 20-40 pumpkins from our Alpine garden every October, dry them for a month on the warm stones of the veranda to harden them off, then store them in a cool dark area for...
View ArticleChinese get Switzerland travel 101 on TV, Internet (final/correction)
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland in Chinese: even without Mandarin you can follow these unusual TV travel documentaries on the Switzerland you thought you knew! Occasional travel...
View ArticleGarden seeds: never too early to think about them
GenevaLunch News My Alpine garden is under so much snow that it’s hard to believe we might have something growing there by June. And I’m not sure how much my budget will have for lovely new things,...
View ArticleHome and garden improvement: all you need in one location!
GenevaLunch News Swiss-based Jumbo stores offer a great combination of products to improve your home and garden. Save time and energy and in just one trip, find plants and tools, candles and curtains,...
View ArticleBuried garden treasures
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – There is no longer any doubt, winter is here to stay, and buried somewhere under a metre of fresh snow is my broccoli, that I was planning to stir-fry last...
View ArticleThey don’t know it, but this is an ad for gardening
GenevaLunch News Who said gardening wasn’t sexy?They don’t know it, but this is an ad for gardening © GenevaLunch News, See license terms.
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