Tag Archives: Garden

When does your elderberry bloom?

Posted on April 29, 2022 by lembrechtsjonas

Have you ever noticed that trees seem to green up earlier in cities than in the countryside? If yes, it is not just a feeling. Urban areas have higher temperatures earlier during the spring. Moreover, it is already known that … Continue reading →

Posted in Belgium | Tagged Climate, Flowers, Garden, Microclimate, Nature, OutdoorsGarden, Phenology, Plants | Leave a comment

History in the making

Posted on October 28, 2020 by lembrechtsjonas

What you see brightening up my garden on the picture above is what we hope will be the future of microclimate monitoring: a TMS-logger with connection to the internet! Yes, you read that correctly, TOMST is currently working on a … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged climate change, Drought, Ecology, Garden, Garden photography, Microclimate, Nature, Science, Temperature | Leave a comment

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 →