Ellinor Löfgren

Giving our son an upbringing like ours has been a dream. Because it's one of the greatest gifts my parents gave me as a child.

We moved to the farm because we wanted a freer everyday life. Not tied to public transport, stress between meetings and working indoors all day. We dreamed of a life where we adapted our lives to the seasons and where we could work outdoors more physically with our bodies. To be able to create - without the possibilities running out.

Both Philip and I grew up on farms, and we loved it!

The garden means a lot to me! Because my garden is both a challenge and a free zone. But it makes me grow in both my creativity and my self-confidence. 99% of the times I complete a project I realize, “well, this wasn’t that hard!” Even if it felt impossible at first. I usually have a lot of performance anxiety, but in the garden nothing can really go wrong.

I am an amateur grower and still in a learning process - and just that - getting to LEARN NEW THINGS is a driving force for me.

Therefore, the garden becomes one of the few places where time and space disappear and there I can be completely present & clear away stress and anxiety. I am strengthened both physically and mentally by my garden, quite simply.

For me, an afternoon in the garden is meditation. The best kind of meditation! It's playful, pleasurable and creative. I also get to work hard with my body, which for an ADHD brain - is the best medicine!

Then I'm also very driven by creating beautiful things. Not just the garden itself, but being able to pick both vegetables and cut flowers and make various still lifes in my old flea market urns/vases/serving dishes here at home.

I have noticed that flowers also bring people together. I have made so many new friends thanks to growing them! And in the spring, the ambition is to be able to gather people here on our farm, to pick our own bouquets, exchange experiences and create our own community for all of us amateur growers. I am looking forward to that!

There are so many parts of my garden that I love and wouldn't want to live without. Which is crazy, because if someone had told me this 1.5 years ago when I was growing my first seed packets, I would NEVER have thought I would be such a gardening enthusiast as I am today.)