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Swedish Garden Inspiration from Kreativa kvadratmeter (Creative Square Meter)

April 3, 2024

I am all around the world today – taking inspiration from Brazil and now Sweden. Perhaps I have a little cabin fever as I sit here in my snow bound house.

kreativa kvadremeter swedish garden design inspiration

A wooden deck overlooking a landscaped garden with round shrubs and stepping stones.
An angular deck flanks a moss lawn with boxwood balls set among the sea of green for a textural and shapely composition.

Over at Purple Area, I discovered this book Kreativa kvadrameter (translation: Creative Square Meters) by Ulrika Grönlund – Eklund Cecilia. I am not sure how to get my hands on it though. It is a Swedish garden design book and the images alone are enough to sell me on buying a copy.

Typically, I am still obsessed with black in the garden – or at least black on the house and what looks good around it.  This black nook with white details and green ivy everywhere is precisely where I would rather be right now. (instead of in my kitchen with the blasting furnace — a futile to effort to ward off subzero temps outside).

A black and white nook in the garden is a cozy place to read a book or take a nap under the ivy vine.
A black and white nook in the garden is a cozy place to read a book or take a nap under the ivy vine.

The children’s garden ideas are also appealing to me.  Do you know children who play like this?  Mine don’t, but I think they would.  I am going to head over to ebay and see what kind of treasures I might be able to score for them to use in their own garden scenes.

Miniature gardens in the lawn are an imaginative place for kids to play.
Miniature gardens in the lawn are an imaginative place for kids to play.
Miniature gardens in the lawn are an imaginative place for kids to play.

Let me know if you have thoughts about how to find or import this book.

A pink playhouse is the perfect place for kids to share an afternoon snack.
A cute pink playhouse is the perfect place for kids to share an afternoon snack.
A gold buddah sits in front of a bamboo screen and trellis in the garden.
A gold buddah sits in front of a bamboo screen and trellis in the garden.
Niwaki-style pruned shrubs provide sculptural interest in the garden.
Niwaki-style pruned shrubs provide sculptural interest in the garden.
A wooden playhouse and swingset in a garden in sweden.
Niwaki style pruned shrub in a swedish garden

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  1. Jenn says:

    Maybe contact Amazon UK and see if they will list copies?

  2. Delphine says:

    the irregular grass with the perfect buxus balls… Perfect !

  3. Jill says:

    I emailed my friend who lives in Amsterdam to see if it’s available there.

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