In the Garden Talks series, we hear different perspectives on gardens, told by a versatile experts of different fields: Can gardens be political? How do urban gardens affect our quality of life? What is the importance of food growing in home gardens in the future?
Open garden clinic
Tuesday 26 March at 18–19:30
In the auditorium of the Design Museum
What should you plant in your garden this summer? How to make a garden both beautiful and sustainable? How to choose the right tools for the vegetable garden? Welcome to hear this season’s garden tips and collect a basket of inspiration from experts of Kekkilä and Fiskars!
Johanna Vireaho
Johanna Vireaho
Writer and editor Johanna has published numerous books and articles about plant care and the garden. At home, she takes care of the large and unoccupied garden of the old house, where the greenhouse and the kitchen garden provide crops from spring to late autumn.
Mari Kaartokallio
Mari Kaartokallio
Kekkilä’s garden expert Mari is a passionate garden enthusiast and an experienced professional hortologist in the same package. You can ask for ideas for garden design and advice on the secrets of growing plants. Mari’s urban plot is munching on flowers and vegetables, and she humbly shares the harvest with the water voles that loosen the soil and the fleas that puncture the cabbage leaves.
Petteri Masalin
Petteri Masalin
Fiskars Chief Design Officer Petteri Masalin leads the Fiskars design team that has won numerous prestigious awards. In his work, Petteri develops and tests kitchen, craft and garden tools, but he also has time and enthusiasm to take care of the garden of the cottage in Fiskars’ Ruukki, where you can find Petteri busying himself in the greenhouse or felling.
Together with Kekkilä and Fiskars
Photo: Anni Koponen
