Amsterdam has botanical gardens.
Established in 1638!
Where we sought solice.
After two holocaust museum encounters.
Potted cycads calmed us.
Specimens in pots.
Over three hundred years old.
First appearing in early dinosaur days.
Predecessors of flowering plants.
Greenhouses for three tropical climates.
Palms.
Cacti.
Rainforest.
A native wildflower garden.
Carnivorous plants.
Bee houses.
Coffee that seeded the coffee industry in the Americas.
All reminders that life can bloom
in balance and harmony.
When people work, collaborate.
Protect biodiversity.
Lynn Benjamin
July 9, 2023
