Image: 37th Session of the Human Rights Council, Palais des Nation. 23 March 2018.

Photo by Violaine Martin

With the trend for smaller gardens and terraces, the plant growers and developers need to provide high-performing, compact plants for gardeners. Marco Conti from Selecta tells us about a cracking new Callibrachoa, shown at the Salon du Végétale in Nantes last year, and now available in garden centres to brighten your tables and balconies this summer

Here's a rough and rugged coffee maker that runs off the same battery as your power tools.

Glamping anyone?

Être Montagne: Experience The Mountains Through The Eyes of 4 Artists

What: Être Montagne

Where: Espace d’Arlaud

Place de la Riponne 2bis

1005 Lausanne

www.musees.vd.ch

When: Until April 8, 2018

Opening Times: Monday and Tuesday closed

Wednesday and Friday: 12:00 - 18:00

Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 - 17:00

Good Friday and Easter Monday: 11:00 - 17:00

Entry Fees: Adults: CHF 6

Reduced rate for students, seniors etc: CHF 4

Children below 16: free

Birdlife Switzerland explain SpringAlive by WRS

The Beatles did it. David Lynch does it.

But what is Transcendental Meditation.

Léonard Stein explains.

He'll be running a free discussion about TM at the David Lynch Foundation in Carouge on Friday 23rd at 7pm.

leonardstein.ch

Michael McKay's guest is Professor Julian Lindley-French. He is an Englishman who lives in the Netherlands and visits Geneva often where is a visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

Among many other things, he is:

• Visiting Lecturer at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy.

• Senior Fellow at the Institute of Strategic Statecraft in London.

• Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow at the National Defense University, Washington, D.C.

• Former Vice President of the Atlantic Treaty Association.

He gives Michael his views on the current global political situation and the challenges posed by the current Trump administration.

This week at the UN, Rheal talks us through the highlights of the Human Rights Council, which concludes this week. Also the World Summit on the Information Society which will be attended by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed.

For cultural events open to the public this week, another Mix & Mash event will take place on Tuesday 20th March at the Brasserie de l’ìle – theme on social work and next Monday at 12:30pm will be a Library Talk on The Gender Pay Gap: Can we make equal pay a reality. Registration necessary.

Dahlias are a great way to add bright. long-lasting colour to your border or planters over the summer. They are available now in garden centres as dry tubers, plant them in pots indoors or a frost-free garage, or wait until mid-May to plant them outdoors as they aren't frost hardy. Gerrid Preijde, the breeder of Dreamy Dahlias, has some wonderful new colours to tempt you to give them a go.

Charlotte Gannon from the BSCC Zurich Chapter tells us what's going on this month.