Schwabish Gmund Slideshow

Last month, I had the rare and fabulous opportunity to hop a plane to Germany and tour the biodynamic gardens of skincare company, Weleda, which I covered for The Alternative Consumer. You can read my full posts on the experience by visiting the links below, but I just couldn't resist sharing some of the photos from my trip with you here on G.G....

The pond outside of Weleda's visitor center

Calendula fields post-harvesting

Weleda's visitor center, including organic cafe and shop

Simple decor inside the visitor's center

Fresh fare... and a perfect lunch

The Weleda shop (no credit cards accepted)

Town square in Schwabish Gmund (find the gelato place!)

See my full posts, written for The Alternative Consumer, here:
Visiting Germany - Blog Post / Video
Weleda: The Company
Weleda: The Gardens
Weleda: The Products

All photos copyright: Jessica Blair Howell / Green Globetrotter

Off to Germany!

The life of the so-called globetrotter that runs this blog has been pretty devoid of globetrotting as of late. Instead, it's been full of, well, life. The busy kind that hurriedly pushes one hour after the other, fueled by a move to a new apartment, a move to a new office, and enough spring/summer/fall weddings to qualify me as an honorary party planner (not exactly the career direction I was hoping for, I might add). A little bit of background allows me to better make my point today, however, which is that in just a few minutes I'll be departing the July humidity of Detroit for a quick visit to Germany, courtesy of natural beauty brand Weleda.

In my former life as a full-time automotive and travel journalist I visited Berlin to drive the Autobahn, making this my second stay in Deutschland. And while I'll be sleeping in a city whose name I can't quite pronounce (I really hope my high school German instructor isn't reading this), I'm most definitely looking forward to a bit of sun, hiking, and, naturally, soaking up some of the brand's fabulous skin care and beauty products. Since I'm traveling on behalf of The Alternative Consumer--gotta love this assignment--I'll be dishing out the full scoop on AltCon when I return. Stay tuned!