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Community Café | Rhubarb
Rhubarb is a large and remarkable plant that grows widely in gardens across Iceland. But could we possibly make better use of this magnificent plant?
In her talk, Björk Bjarnadóttir will cover most of what you need to keep in mind when creating a rhubarb garden, such as how to care for the garden, harvest the rhubarb, make rhubarb jam, and more.
Rhubarb originally comes from China and was once one of the most valuable medicinal herbs. It has therefore traveled a long way to leave its mark on vegetable cultivation in Iceland, as a perennial vegetable. Listeners will learn about this and much more related to this fascinating plant.
Björk Bjarnadóttir, an environmental ethnologist and storyteller of plants, will guide participants through the hidden paths of rhubarb’s stories and cultivation.
Everyone is warmly welcome!
Further iformation:
Katrín Guðmundsdóttir, Borgarbókasafninu Árbæ
katrin.gudmundsdottir@reykjavik.is | s. 411 6250
Björk Bjarnadóttir
illugaskotta@gmail.com | s. 857 1444