Like many people over the Easter break I spent my time off completing a home improvement project. But rather than painting and papering, this time it was digging and planting. Avid gardeners outside of work, Sebastian the PR and Communications Manager at Danish lighting brand Nuura, and Lars a consultant for the Copenhagen Municipality, who have spent the past few years totally transforming their urban plot into an oasis for flora and fauna.
Instead of growing the traditional edibles however we decided to create a contemporary take on a traditional cottage garden, and it was this experience that continues to inform our style today. Mid-century in style and built at the prime of Danish minimalism and functionalism, where there was once nothing more than a poor lawn and some sad looking bushes, today it has become a sea of flowers. By combining trees and shrubs for structure, as well as a variety of roses and perennials for colour and contrast, our garden not only looks good to us, but benefits as many insects and birds as possible too.
Just like a home however, we believe a garden is never really finished, and we still have lots of projects to complete, including new paving, building an orangery and updating our kitchen garden one day. We live in a period when the climate and biodiversity are struggling, and when we do take the time to sit still and enjoy the garden, seeing and hearing the insects and birds enjoying it with us we know we are helping to change things for the better.
If you would like to see more of what they have created, as well as get their advice on caring for your plants and garden, please give their account on Instagram a follow , or head to their website.
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