A garden view

From the garden:

Flashback: Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens on August 22

Flashback:
A beautiful summer afternoon at Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens in Helsingborg on August 22, 2013:

Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens - A Rather Special Place in Helsingborg

 

The Fredriksdal Museums and Gardens in Helsingborg is a rather special place:

Nowhere in Europe will you find an equivalent to Fredriksdal. This is Skåne in miniature, with 360,000 square metres of unique settings, buildings and gardens. Here, the history and diversity of the countryside are caringly kept alive. With its museums and gardens, Fredriksdal offers interesting activities for all ages, all year round. --

With its historical parks and gardens, houses and farms, animals, meadows, woods and pastures, all situated around an eighteenth century manor house, a visit to Fredriksdal is like making a journey back into the past.

Below is a selection of images from my visit to Fredriksdal this afternoon:

 The park is built around the manor house from 1787.



The Ågård farmhouse from 1810 shows how farmers in Southern Sweden lived in the early
19th century.

 

The farmhouse from another angle.

A close-up of the farmhouse.



A farmhouse with traditional local breeds is part of the museum.

  

 

Horticultural tours and guided walks are popular among visitors.



You can buy some of the ecologically grown fresh produce right from the garden.

 

 

Krapperup Caste Park and Gardens - A Gem in Scania

This time of the year the rhododendrons are glowing in the Krapperup castle park - one of the finest in Scandinavia. The rhodos in the nearby Sofiero palace gardens may be more well known, but the beautifully landscaped historic Krapperup park and gardens make them my personal favorite. The pictures are from last night (between 8.30 and 9.30 PM). 

Roses and Rhodos

Roses and Rhodos go well together. These I found in a neighbor's garden. 

Views From My Balcony (10): The Garden in the Morning

This is how my tiny garden looked early this morning: 

Greetings to the gardener

Sofiero Palace gardens and Fredriksdal are of course the most spectacular gardens in Helsingborg, but I have a feeling that people do not always notice that actually the entire city is full of beautiful parks and flower "spots".

This time of the year, when the city gardens and parks are at their most colorful, I think it is time to thank Helsingborg city gardener Ole Andersson and his assistants for creating such wonderful displays of beautiful greenery in different parts of the city.

The pictures below from my favorite city park hopefully can serve as "proof" of the fine work they are doing.

The village Viken at its fairest

This is the time of the year when the village of Viken in northwestern Scania is at its fairest:

A sea view of the old fishing village Viken.