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Garden Days at Skansen

Welcome to a world of lush inspiration, crafts and nature. There are activities for all ages – from curious beginners to and gardening enthusiasts.

  • Welcome to discover Sweden’s agricultural landscape, from north to south, through different times. Skansen’s knowledgeable gardeners guide you through our unique historical gardens and share tips, tricks and inspiration for a sustainable and close-to-nature agricultural life. Around the park there are activities and experiences that in different ways deal with the relationship between man and nature – then and now.

  • There is both a summer garden with stone terraces and a kitchen garden with growing beds framed by fruit trees and berry bushes. Learn more about what grows here and watch as we demonstrate fruit tree pruning.

  • Äpple

    Step into the shade under the apple trees and admire the apple orchards. Take part in our apple exhibition, where we will tell you about the apple varieties of old times.

  • The Allotments

    At Skansen there are two Allotment huts with gardens from the 1920's and 1940's On site you can chat with persons who actually own one themselves.

Don't miss to visit our gardens

At Skansen you will find a rose garden, a herb garden, several kitchen gardens, an English park, and various gardens from different decades and even centuries.

Day Time
29 August 2026 10.00-18.00
30 August 2026 10.00-18.00
5 September 2026 10.00-17.00
6 September 2026 10.00-17.00
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