I wrote this article because I noticed that many bee experts don't realize how much they know. Steps are skipped so that the absolute layman, to which I belonged until recently, cannot fully understand. [Would you like to help the bees? Consider donating on my platform!]

A friend bought her first house in Begonia street and I had to chuckle: what a lame name! Today, years later, I am jealous. Begonias are my favorite plants. I'm not talking about the well-known tuberous begonias or semperflorens, which are mainly kept for their flowers. No, I'm talking about the versatile varieties in the living room, with their beautiful leaves: the begonia is making a comeback, and how! In this article you can read more about some special begonias in my living room.

It all started with the Dianthus superbus ("Fringed Pink"). This indigenous plant is extinct in the wild in The Netherlands. Foundation NL Bloeit (‘The Netherlands is flowering’) shared a photo of this special plant, which they sowed in the centre strip near the Radboud University. When I was the first to spot it, they invited me to visit their nursery to pick out my own Fringed Pink!

I was asked by the Dutch Gardeners’ World magazine to write something about my ‘urban jungle’. Below, you find the translation of my piece. Click ‘download’ to get the PDF of the original Dutch article.

How to propagate an African Violet? I was advised three different techniques and I tried all three of them. Find out which one is the most successful!

What's Capi and what kind of festival was it? I'm explaining in this post :-)