The meadows
In the meadows, children can run free and fill their lungs with air. It is open land full of promise and possibility and close to the sky. That’s why the meadows have been used to represent freedom in the gardens at Astrid Lindgren’s Näs. Freedom is an important theme in Astrid Lindgren’s writing. Her stories vibrate with freedom – freedom from oppression, freedom to play, freedom to discover, freedom to be who you want to be. It is this freedom that is a prerequisite for development and diversity.
“The children looked at each other in silence. Finally Tommy said: ‘Why did you walk backwards?’ ‘Why did I walk backwards?’ asked Pippi. ‘Don’t we live in a free country? Can’t we walk as we please? By the way, I’ll tell you that in Egypt everybody walks like that and nobody thinks it’s the least bit strange.’”
From ‘Boken om Pippi Långstrump’ by Astrid Lindgren
The stone fence
If there’s one thing Småland has plenty of, it’s stone. Tens of kilometres of beautiful stone fences now run through Småland, a reminder of when farmers cleared them from the fields. The stone fence here in the garden is a dry-stone wall built in the traditional way: without mortar.
”My ancestors, without exception were all Småland farmers – I marvel at how much stone they hauled from their barren land and their capacity for work. I still sometimes go and look at a long stone fence that my grandmother built with her own hands.”
From ‘Min levernesbeskrivning’ by Astrid Lindgren
Read more about the gardens
The Forest Grove
To create a sense of safety, a garden must be calm, bright, warm and friendly. This is exactly what you will find in the Forest Grove.
The moss garden
A forest room where everything falls still and quiet.
The third chapter
The path continues up a magnificent cherry staircase, into the Oak Grove of creativity, along brave paths to the gates of the pastures.