The Garden at World Heritage farm Erik-Anders

In the garden at the World Heritage Site, only a few fruit trees and a lilac arbour remained. With the help of historical documentation, traces in the ground, and old photographs, the garden has been recreated as it may have looked around 1920.

The gravel path is lined with flower beds. Closest to the house, these end with bowman’s root, an old garden plant commonly found at traditional farms. At the other end, the path leads to a lilac arbour. Along the sides nearest the gravel path, chives are grown.

Turk’s cap lily, sweet william, peonies, southernwood, columbine, autumn rudbeckia, martagon lily, clustered bellflower, lovage, and oxeye daisy are some of the flowers you can see in the garden. There are also fruit trees and currant bushes. The garden is enclosed by a fence painted in traditional Falu red with white tops in white linseed oil paint, a style that was common at the time.

The kitchen garden behind the outbuilding is like a work of art, where beautiful flowers and vegetables grow together in harmony. Each year, the garden follows a particular theme.

Next to the kitchen garden is a playhouse, a miniature version of the World Heritage farm. There is also a large grassy area where children with energy to spare can run and play.