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"On an unseasonably warm June morning in Stockholm, Stina Larsson, 98, stood
among fragrant lilacs, lilies and lavender, inspecting the garden that she has
tended for more than 40 years. Rabbits had been nibbling the nasturtiums, she
noticed, and there were weeds that needed pulling.
Ms. Larsson’s garden, situated on a postage stamp of land beside the Karlbergs
Canal, is one of more than 7,000 garden allotments, known as koloniträdgårdar,
in Stockholm. The gardens, established as part of a social movement around the
turn of the 20th century, offer city dwellers access to green space and a
reprieve from crowded urban life.
Though most are modest in size — Ms. Larsson’s garden is about 970 square feet
— koloniträdgårdar are prized for providing a rare kind of urban sanctuary, a
corner of the city where residents can trade pavement for soil, and the buzz of
traffic for birdsong.
“Coming here, it feels like you’re out in the countryside really quickly,” said
Ellen Gustavsson, 33, who bikes to the garden a few times a week to water
plants and host get-togethers with friends."
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