Category Archives: flora

Staying close to the stream

Posted on 26/03/2025 by Patricia

March 23rd-24th, 2025, East-Belgium. The signal of spring is discrete: early daffodils start colouring the meadows of the higher valleys while insect-eating birds such as the white-throated dipper and the great yellow wagtail are ready to care for their offsprings.

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Dressed in purple

Posted on 04/08/2024 by Patricia

July 2024, East-Belgium. The purple digitalis purpurea can be seen in large numbers almost everywhere this year, amidst the forest and, most of all, in every clearing or broad path.

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The old mountain

Posted on 04/08/2024 by Patricia

Kelmis (La Calamine), July 11th, 2024. The museum of “Vieille Montagne” or “Altenberg” tells the story of the extraction of zinc from the old mountain. A short stroll from there brings you to the riverbank where the ore was washed … Continue reading →

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Wild flower time

Posted on 11/04/2024 by Patricia

April, 6-8th, 2024, East of Belgium. This is the moment of the wild flowers covering the bottom of the valleys and the humid meadows. Suddenly, all secret places are filled with people coming to enjoy the natural spectacle.

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Tiny and sticky

Posted on 28/08/2023 by Patricia

August 27-28th, 2023, East-Belgium. For the very first time, we managed to spot the red and green leaves of the enigmatic ‘drosera rotundifolia’ amidst the lush and flowering vegetation of the Belgian high moors. The insect-eating plant displays tiny leaves … Continue reading →

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Bluebell country

Posted on 22/04/2023 by Patricia

April 19th, 2023, Halle. The blue-white carpets of anemons and bluebells started to colourize the woods of central Belgium… And the show is on!

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Winterscape

Posted on 28/12/2022 by Patricia

December 26-28, 2023. In search for colour in the rainy winter landscape…

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Wild mushrooms

Posted on 19/11/2022 by Patricia

Oct.-Nov. 2022, forests from France and Belgium. Wild mushrooms found in the woodlands lend their colours to quietly ingressing autumn…

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