Gardening Season in Malmö: Terraces, Traditions, and the Art of Living with Flowers

Gardening Season in Malmö: Terraces, Traditions, and the Art of Living with Flowers

Malmö Garden Show

Gardening Season in Malmö

Terraces, traditions, and the art of living with flowers.

There is a particular shift in Malmö that arrives without announcement. One day the parks are still, the trees just beginning. And then suddenly, the city exhales.

Malmö is often called parkernas stad, the city of parks. It is not a romantic exaggeration. The gardens are not ornamental here, they are lived in.

At the end of May, this rhythm becomes visible. For three days, 29–31 May 2026, Malmö Garden Show transforms Mölleplatsen into a living landscape of gardens, ideas, and inspiration.

Malmö Garden Show aerial view

A Personal Rhythm

We have two terraces. Nothing grand. But enough.

Enough for weekend rituals, for mornings spent noticing small changes, for the quiet satisfaction of tending something over time.

BON TON garden vignette

The Objects We Live With

A garden becomes personal through the objects we choose for it. The pot, the basket, the weathered urn, the old glass jar filled with branches. These are not accessories. They are atmosphere.

Erik Bendtsen

Scandinavian elegance, shaped by hand in Copenhagen. A master of restraint and form, Erik Bendtsen creates vessels that feel both grounded and enduring.

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Garden styling BON TON goods

Estate Garden

Antique and vintage garden objects shaped by time, weather, and use. Surfaces softened, finishes worn, proportions grounded in utility and tradition.

Explore Estate Garden

MITH CPH

Timeless, tactile, and handcrafted rattan from Copenhagen, rooted in vintage European references and quiet Scandinavian restraint.

Explore MITH CPH

Garden pots BON TON goods

Antique French Pickling Jars

Hand-blown 19th-century French jars, reimagined as elegant vases. Their beauty lies in the way they hold light, whether filled or left empty.

Explore Pickling Jars

A Season That Builds Slowly

Gardening season does not arrive all at once. It builds through small decisions, small adjustments, small acts of care.

The Malmö Garden Show may mark the moment. But the real work happens quietly, at home, in the spaces we shape ourselves.

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