.horticulture.

When I first heard the word horticulture as a kid, I thought that it had to do something with studying the day and age of the infamous Hungarian leader Miklós Horthy. Today, I know that horticulture is about the science (and art) of raising plants.

Andi and I both kill plants, we kill all plants. We have killed all the plants our mothers planted for us to make our dorm rooms homey, we killed all the plants we have received as gifts. We even managed to kill cacti, which are able to survive the most arid climate or soil conditions. That is why we appreciate those who can take care of plants and build a park like Herrenhäuser Gärten in Hannover, Germany. This baroque park was built about 350 years ago and the plants are still alive! We were able to visit it with Andi's cousin yesterday.

The Großer Garten with one of the fountains

The park has many statues

Some of those statues do not want to be monitored, so they have decided to hide

My very own tree-hugger :)

The park even has an outside theater

What can I say?

You can explore the park in detail if you click on this picture, or if you go to the Google Maps site of Herrenhäuser Gärten