Month: July 2022

July 23, 2022 While attending the Norwegian Seed Savers gathering in Ringebu recently, I met Malin Jonasson. She runs Hurdal Gjestegård which is one of 8 historical priest farms that the Schubelers Gardens has been granted funding to improve this year. We stayed in touch, and I have over the past weeks done popup farmers…

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I recently attended a gathering organized by the Norwegian Seed Savers which included a broad network of gardeners and plant enthusiasts from all over Norway. We gathered in the priest’s farm at Ringebu which is one of the jewels in the crown of the recently established Schübeler Gardens.  Frederik Schübeler (1815 – 1892) was a Norwegian botanist and curator at the…

Continue reading In the footsteps of Wergeland and Schübeler