Allotment garden
Small plots with a cabin for town dwellers without a garden – a movement for health and self-sufficiency.
Allotment gardens came to Sweden from Denmark and Germany. In Stockholm from 1904 Anna Lindhagen campaigned for plots for working families, to give fresh air, exercise and home-grown vegetables.
During the war years growing was important for food supply. Areas often have their own rules for the size and look of cabins, and allotments have become part of the city’s green spaces. The design is not a single work, so only a drawing is shown.
Materials: Soil, wood, perennials, vegetables and fruit trees
Manufacture: The land is leased by an association and divided into plots; the cabins are often built to common designs.
Plots in a grid along shared paths.
Small cabins of the same size and style within an area.
A mixture of vegetables, flowers and fruit bushes.