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The lamps and the roof structure form a nice combination of lines and circles in the greenhouse of the Hortus Botanicus in Leiden, The Netherlands.
Lens: Panasonic H-HS12035 12-35mm F2.8.
Hortus botanicus Haren-Groningen
It is one of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the Netherlands. At the Hortus, which covers about 15 acres, there are a large number of very different gardens.
In addition to the various (botanical ) gardens, the Hortus also includes an authentic Chinese Ming garden with an authentic Chinese tea house. This garden, which has a different design than western gardens, is a gift from the city of Shanghai to the City and County of Groningen.
The Hortus was part of the University of Groningen (RUG) and until the 1980s’ played an important role in the teaching and research of Biology especially Plant Systematics. A national division of labor between universities and developments in science led to the minimization of the Hortus’ role within the RUG. Since 2002, the Stichting Behoud Groene Hortus (SBGH) has acted as custodian of the heritage of the RUG. As of 2012, the Hortus stands on its own feet financially.
In 1986, a Groningen trade mission visited several cities in China. While visiting a restaurant near the Long Hua temple in Shanghai, one of the members of the mission said that “they should have something like this in Groningen, too. And so it happened. Master Le Wei Zong, Shanghai’s famous urban garden architect, created the first designs during a visit to the Hortus. Shanghai provided construction materials and the Netherlands provided the necessary funds.
Almost all the material used to build the Chinese garden was shipped from China to the Netherlands, from the stones in the garden and the wood of the pavilions to the furniture of the Moaning of the Dragon Tea House. For seven months, dozens of Chinese workers laid out the park largely by hand, because “What you make by hand, you can put your soul into. The result of this cooperation between the Netherlands and Shanghai is the beautiful Chinese garden The Hidden Kingdom of Ming, which was officially opened by H.M. Queen Beatrix on April 12, 1995.
Hortus botanicus Haren-Groningen
It is one of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the Netherlands. At the Hortus, which covers about 15 acres, there are a large number of very different gardens.
In addition to the various (botanical ) gardens, the Hortus also includes an authentic Chinese Ming garden with an authentic Chinese tea house. This garden, which has a different design than western gardens, is a gift from the city of Shanghai to the City and County of Groningen.
The Hortus was part of the University of Groningen (RUG) and until the 1980s’ played an important role in the teaching and research of Biology especially Plant Systematics. A national division of labor between universities and developments in science led to the minimization of the Hortus’ role within the RUG. Since 2002, the Stichting Behoud Groene Hortus (SBGH) has acted as custodian of the heritage of the RUG. As of 2012, the Hortus stands on its own feet financially.
In 1986, a Groningen trade mission visited several cities in China. While visiting a restaurant near the Long Hua temple in Shanghai, one of the members of the mission said that “they should have something like this in Groningen, too. And so it happened. Master Le Wei Zong, Shanghai’s famous urban garden architect, created the first designs during a visit to the Hortus. Shanghai provided construction materials and the Netherlands provided the necessary funds.
Almost all the material used to build the Chinese garden was shipped from China to the Netherlands, from the stones in the garden and the wood of the pavilions to the furniture of the Moaning of the Dragon Tea House. For seven months, dozens of Chinese workers laid out the park largely by hand, because “What you make by hand, you can put your soul into. The result of this cooperation between the Netherlands and Shanghai is the beautiful Chinese garden The Hidden Kingdom of Ming, which was officially opened by H.M. Queen Beatrix on April 12, 1995.
We came today to the Kraków's Botanical Garden looking for the signs of spring... nothing found, though. Maybe next week ;)
Botanicus Interacticus is a technology for designing highly expressive interactive plants, both living and artificial. The project is motivated by the rapid fusion of our computing and dwelling spaces, as well as the increasingly tactile and gestural nature of our interactions with digital devices. It is an interaction platform that expands interaction beyond computing devices and appliances to place it anywhere in the physical environment.
Botanicus Interacticus has a number of unique properties that set it apart from previous work on interactive plants:
- This instrumentation of plants is simple, non-invasive, and does not damage the plants. It requires only a single wire placed anywhere in the soil.
- The interaction goes beyond simple touch detection to allow rich gestural interaction with the plant (for example, sliding fingers on the stem of the orchid, detecting touch location, proximity tracking, and estimating the amount of touch contact.
- The gesture recognition is accurate. It applies machine-learning techniques for precise and unambiguous recognition of gestures.
- It deconstructs the electrical properties of plants and replicates them using electrical components. This allows a broad variety of biologically inspired artificial plants that behave nearly exactly the same as their biological counterparts. The same sensing technology is used with both living and artificial plants, making them interchangeable.
A broad range of applications is possible with this technology: designing interactive, responsive environments; developing a new form of living interaction devices; and developing ambient and pervasive interfaces. At SIGGRAPH 2012, the technology's versatility is demonstrated as an entertainment application where visitors can communicate with living and artificial plants by gesturing on them and observing the plants’ “response” in the form of rich computer-generated imagery and sound.
Ivan Poupyrev
Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Philipp Schoessler
Disney Research, Pittsburgh and Universität der Künste Berlin
Jonas Loh
Studio NAND
Gunnar Green
TheGreenEyl
Eric Brockmeyer
Disney Research, Pittsburgh
Willy Sengewald
TheGreenEyl
Munehiko Sato
Disney Research, Pittsburgh and The University of Tokyo
A horticultural maze and lots of trees at Hortus Botanicus in the Plantage, Helen’s photographs , Amsterdam , Noord Holland , North Holland , Nederland ; the Netherlands , October 19. 2017
Hortus Botanicus in the Plantage
A lot of trees
A horticultural maze
Plantage in Amsterdam
Great old tree
Hortus Botanicus botanical gardens
Botanical gardens
Hortus Botanicus
Large cranes
Large cranes at the harbour
large cranes at harbour on the Ijmeer
large bridge at Havensoost
Harbour
Mediamatic sluisdeurenloots
Building with a lot of windows
garden
wooden planters
herbs and flowers
lot of bikes
Bikes
Herbs
red poppies
colourful flowers
Nemo Science Museum , some ships , boats and a large bridge at Haven oost in Amsterdam
Nemo Science Museum
ships
boats
a large bridge at Haven lost
Brug
Brug at Havens Oost
Havens Oost
Hetij
Ooster Docks
Ooster Docks straat
Oosterdocksstraat
Dijksgracht
Ooster Docks Kade
Oosterdokskade
Geldersekade
Yellow Iris
North Holland
Noord Holland
Martin’s photographs
the Netherlands
Nederland
June 2019
cropped photograph
Spring
Martin’s photographs
Favourites
iPhone 5s
IPhone 6
Wildflowers
Beautiful blue sky
great clouds
Beautiful blue sky with great clouds
clouds and blue sky
Amsterdam
Ijhaven
The Ij
Trees
Ijmeer
ships
Wildflowers
Sunset
Dijkspark
June 2018
May 2018
October 2017
This is the Palm House of the Hortus Botanicus of Amsterdam. It was designed in 1911 by architect Johan van der Mey (1878-1949).
Hortus botanicus Haren-Groningen
It is one of the oldest and largest botanical gardens in the Netherlands. At the Hortus, which covers about 15 acres, there are a large number of very different gardens.
In addition to the various (botanical ) gardens, the Hortus also includes an authentic Chinese Ming garden with an authentic Chinese tea house. This garden, which has a different design than western gardens, is a gift from the city of Shanghai to the City and County of Groningen.
The Hortus was part of the University of Groningen (RUG) and until the 1980s’ played an important role in the teaching and research of Biology especially Plant Systematics. A national division of labor between universities and developments in science led to the minimization of the Hortus’ role within the RUG. Since 2002, the Stichting Behoud Groene Hortus (SBGH) has acted as custodian of the heritage of the RUG. As of 2012, the Hortus stands on its own feet financially.
In 1986, a Groningen trade mission visited several cities in China. While visiting a restaurant near the Long Hua temple in Shanghai, one of the members of the mission said that “they should have something like this in Groningen, too. And so it happened. Master Le Wei Zong, Shanghai’s famous urban garden architect, created the first designs during a visit to the Hortus. Shanghai provided construction materials and the Netherlands provided the necessary funds.
Almost all the material used to build the Chinese garden was shipped from China to the Netherlands, from the stones in the garden and the wood of the pavilions to the furniture of the Moaning of the Dragon Tea House. For seven months, dozens of Chinese workers laid out the park largely by hand, because “What you make by hand, you can put your soul into. The result of this cooperation between the Netherlands and Shanghai is the beautiful Chinese garden The Hidden Kingdom of Ming, which was officially opened by H.M. Queen Beatrix on April 12, 1995.