Botanical garden, Berlin. Photography: Lilia Luganskaia
Relating
A day at the Berlin botanical garden.
Exploring the botanical garden with a biologist we learnt about Alexander von Humboldt who ‘read plants as others did books’. Later in the day we sat on the lawn by carefully cultivated roses while Lilia Luganskaia discussed floriography, flower symbolism and the history of flowers in XXI century. We ended the day with Shota Nakamura, who prompted us to walk through the garden, before finally resting to draw our memories and journeys.
Inside the 100-year-old Viktoriahaus, botanical garden, Berlin.
Lilia Luganskaia sharing her knowledge on floriography.
Shota Nakamura talking about memory, landscape and drawing.
Tropical marsh and water plants are abundant inside the greenhouse.
The Language of Flowers was central to Lilia Luganskaia’s discussion.
Programming partners: Lilia Luganskaia and Shota Nakamura.