Tag Archives: Garden

Botanical beauty

Posted on June 14, 2019 by lembrechtsjonas

A sunny spring day brought me to the botanical garden in Meise, close to Brussels. An amazing garden with picturesque views behind every corner. A friend of mine makes it a point to stroll through the botanical garden of each … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, General | Tagged Botanical garden, Botany, Brussels, Ecology, Garden, Garden photography, Landscape photography, Nature, Nature photography | 1 Comment

Spring

Posted on April 1, 2018 by lembrechtsjonas

Spring is on its way, I promise! I went to Portugal to check it out for you myself. If you want to know why I was there, check out my previous post. Even that far south, spring seemed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Portugal | Tagged Evora, Flowers, Garden, Macro photography, Nature, PhD, Plant photography, Portugal, Spring, Travel photography | Leave a comment

The modern botanist

Posted on June 20, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

For what it’s worth: I tried out this new fancy smartphone app called Pl@ntNet, and as a plant ecologist, I can happily give it my seal of approval. Everybody who has only the most remote interested in plants, stay tuned … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecology | Tagged App, Ecology, Flowers, Garden, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Pl@ntNet, PlantNet, Plants, Science, technology | 4 Comments

Forest variation

Posted on March 23, 2016 by lembrechtsjonas

Small-scale variation. It is a super important part of my research. I mostly look at it from a human perspective: how humans can disturb an ecosystem and change the whole hidden set of abiotic and biotic factors that drive these systems with … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Forests, Garden, Hiking, Landscape, Landscape photography, Nature, Outdoors, Photography, Plants, Science, Spring | Leave a comment

Open for discussion

Posted on November 17, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

To know what will happen to ecosystems in a changing world, we need to know the fate of the nutrients within them, like carbon and nitrogen. To know the fate of these nutrients, we need to know how they are distributed and … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium, Science | Tagged Carbon, climate change, Decomposition, Ecology, Fungi, Garden, Garden photography, Gardens, Global change, Litter decomposition, Mushrooms, Nature photography, Nitrogen, Nutrients, Photography, Science | 4 Comments

Showing off

Posted on October 21, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

Some plants put in an awful lot of effort to look good, a case beautifully illustrated by this blue passion flower. There is a tremendous amount of energy needed to make flowers, even if there is no need for them to look … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Ecology, Flowers, Garden, Gardening, Gardens, Mountains, Nature photography, Photography, Plants, Science | 1 Comment

Raging storm

Posted on August 15, 2015 by lembrechtsjonas

On thursday evening, a massive cold front rolled over Belgium, accompanied by dark and dangerous clouds and severe thunderstorms. Of course I was worried about my greenhouse, although we had attached it as good as we could. But it had been having … Continue reading →