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Chris Kendall

Perhaps my favourite corporate destination, the commercial medicinal herb gardens of Weleda in Schwäbisch Gmünd. The birch grove (one planted for each child born to a coworker) is a classy family friendly move. weleda.de/weleda/ueber-uns/erl

Corporate sign at Weleda explaining that a birch tree is planted for every child born to a co-worker
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Chris Kendall

I’ve been trying to post these pics for days but the crummy network connection here means single images only. This is the birch grove in question (there are two on site).

Grove of birch trees at the Weleda gardens, planted for children born to coworkers
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Chris Kendall

A field of cultivated marigolds (calendula) at the Weleda garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd.

A field of cultivated marigolds (calendula) at the Weleda garden in Schwäbisch Gmünd
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Taken from the same spot 14 years ago, with the Stauferberg in the background - the site of the ancestral castle of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, Holy Roman Emperors during the 12th and 13th centuries CE. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hohens

The poster’s daughter holding a marigold in front of her face, with the mound of the Stauferberg on the horizon - photo taken 2009
Aug 05, 2023, 07:10 AM·Public·Ivory for iOS
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