I am all around the world today – taking inspiration from Brazil and now Sweden. Perhaps I have a little cabin fever as I sit here in my snow bound house.
![untitled9999_44966340 kreativa kvadremeter swedish garden design inspiration](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/untitled9999_44966340.jpg)
![A wooden deck overlooking a landscaped garden with round shrubs and stepping stones.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/GN_MG_4677.jpg)
Over at Purple Area, I discovered this book Kreativa kvadrameter (translation: Creative Square Meters) by Ulrika Grönlund – Eklund Cecilia. I am not sure how to get my hands on it though. It is a Swedish garden design book and the images alone are enough to sell me on buying a copy.
Typically, I am still obsessed with black in the garden – or at least black on the house and what looks good around it. This black nook with white details and green ivy everywhere is precisely where I would rather be right now. (instead of in my kitchen with the blasting furnace — a futile to effort to ward off subzero temps outside).
![A black and white nook in the garden is a cozy place to read a book or take a nap under the ivy vine.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_1130-700x1050.jpg)
The children’s garden ideas are also appealing to me. Do you know children who play like this? Mine don’t, but I think they would. I am going to head over to ebay and see what kind of treasures I might be able to score for them to use in their own garden scenes.
![Miniature gardens in the lawn are an imaginative place for kids to play.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/MG_5467-700x467.jpg)
![Miniature gardens in the lawn are an imaginative place for kids to play.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/MG_5502-700x1050.jpg)
Let me know if you have thoughts about how to find or import this book.
![A pink playhouse is the perfect place for kids to share an afternoon snack.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_4243-700x678.jpg)
![A gold buddah sits in front of a bamboo screen and trellis in the garden.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_4609-700x1050.jpg)
![Niwaki-style pruned shrubs provide sculptural interest in the garden.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_3657b-700x1050.jpg)
![A wooden playhouse and swingset in a garden in sweden.](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_4241-700x462.jpg)
![Niwaki style pruned shrub in a swedish garden](https://pithandvigor.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/GN_MG_3675-700x741.jpg)
Maybe contact Amazon UK and see if they will list copies?
the irregular grass with the perfect buxus balls… Perfect !
I emailed my friend who lives in Amsterdam to see if it’s available there.