blissful garden and geraniums

The weekend that was did not only hold suburban pink cherry blossom trees and the King's meadow lily field of 2015 it was also time for the first visit this season to one of my happy places Växplats Nybyn.



Where we enjoyed their vegan and awesome as usual take on cinnamon buns/rolls. And bought some flowers. Because even if my experience of geraniums isn't that great and I'm no fan of their strong scent I think they look lovely and I wish I had a better hand with flowers. And I did by one recently (the geranium of 2015, Violino) which looks rather alone on my office window sill.



So I got two more for company. Hopefully I will be able to keep them alive this time. And in regular bloom. For a long long time to come.

the 2011 king's meadow lily field

We had so looked forward to the annual visit to a king's meadow lilies (fritillaria) field.



This year it was also the first time a couple of excited bobbaloos (Jojo and Buddernut) were to tag along in the travel cabin.



But to our surprise and huge disappointment, the field that last year had been so gorgeously in bloom was now already way overblown.

But for a single one still bravely standing proud in that field.

Oh, it was a sad, sad moment for us all.



Still a pretty field, a secret place of green magic.



But no king's meadow lilies waving in the wind in all their delicate glory. Oh, May nature be better with us next year.

växplats nybyn

Växplats Nybyn is literally translated as Growthplace Newvillage, which certainly is a fine kind of name. For a fine kind of place. As this very much is. An organic nursery, garden, shop, café with mostly organic and fair trade goods and food. I only discovered it quite recently, but I am quite smitten.

The place is lovely, very lovely. Unpretentious, lush, natural the grounds stretch over a vast area of rural landscape. A relaxing countryside haven.

There are herbs, roses, medicinal plants, ground covers,

scents, granny plants, vegetables and

there is self-picking of flowers.

There are geraniums,

butterfly plants and

secret places.

Situated some miles outside the town of Norrtälje, some 60 kilometres north of Stockholm, it certainly is easiest to get there by car, even if there are some buses that will take you a good part of the way. Open May-September.

In the café you chose your own coffee cup from a table of odd ones, opt for a nice cake or organic ice cream, then take your tray and

sit outdoors on the veranda under grapevines,

in garden or inside the greenhouse.

If you're a member of certain charitable organisations you get reduced price on the things you buy - though I'd say that the prices in general there are really very, very affordable anyway. But a good way to show you philosophy of life of course.

Today it was squash day at Växplats Nybyn - as in the cooking of courgettes, nothing more violent than that - and we got to sample some lovely food (vegetarian only, which certainly is an extra plus in my book)

Food was excellent and I got some nice recipes and ideas to turn into dishes to come. A stroll of garden, sniffing of scents, enjoying of ambiance, shopping of herbs, vegetables and picking of flowers in fields of colourful abundance.

Which turned into a perfect a shoe per diem moment for the last weekend of summer ~