3 September, 2017, Opening ceremony in the Medical Gardens, Tranekaer. Langeland, Denmark

The opening ceremony took place in garden 5, the garden for herbs for the treatment of diseases involving nervous system and movement apparatus. In the Medicine Gardens in Tranekær there are about 500 different plants, and by them all there are signs that tell of the previous and present medical use effects of the plants. The gardens are open all year from sunrise to sunset (www.medicinhaverne.dk, www.facebook.com/medicinhaverne). The main focus Medicine Gardens is the cultural history of the use of plants in medicine.

Helle Ravn, the chairwoman of the Medical Gardens, holds the opening speech

Helle Ravn and Count Christian Ahlefeldt-Laurvig

Count Christian is struggling to cut the steel wire

The garden for herbs for the treatment of diseases involving nervous system and movement apparatus are officially opened

A little refreshment to the guests (homemade!)

Dam in the garden for nervous system and movement apparatus

One of the permanent residents of the garden, a green frog, is attentive to the opening ceremony