Visiting Scholar in Copenhagen

 By Richard B. Primack

“Only that traveling is good which reveals to me the value of home and enables me to enjoy it better.”Henry David Thoreau in his Journal.

 

In March, I was a Visiting Scholar at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

 

Photo 1: On a sunny day in front of the Victorian-style greenhouse at the University of Copenhagen's botanical garden.

 

Photo 2: The grounds are still mostly dormant in early March.

 

Photo 3: The garden has extensive rock gardens for displaying alpine plants.

Jasmin was a visiting student at BU two years ago, and she showed us around Copenhagen. 

 

Photo 4: Nearby is the Rosenberg Castle, a former royal residence. Behind Jasmin is hedge made from tightly packed and heavily clipped hornbeams.

 

Photo 5: Crocus flowers are abundant in early spring. Note the heavily pruned trees in the background, a technique known as pollarding.

Photo 6: A closer view of pollarded trees.