Spår av rabatter, kullar, grafvar, broar och postamenter: En studie av Svartsjö köks- och lustträdgård

Abstract

This essay strives to explore and understand the relationship between the built cultural heritage and the green cultural heritage. Historically estates, villas and houses were created and built as a harmony between its buildings and its surrounding gardens. The close relationship between the two is not always understandable or discernable today. The reason why this relationship has become unclear is the way in which society approach the built and the green heritage; in terms of knowledge, funding and maintenance. A building that has attained listed status often has clear values assigned to it, with information regarding what is protected and how the building should be maintained, and with what materials and methods. The same cannot be said for gardens and parks, where values are often described in a generic fashion with an emphasis on keeping them unchanged, maintenance is rarely described in the listing and the same goes for materials and methods. A building is in nature inanimate, and as such does not evolve by itself, and the protection of the same is to keep it unchanged. The same cannot be said of gardens, which are natural and everchanging, and the value lies in the design and maintenance by man. This disparity between the building and its garden or park lowers or hinders the understanding of the created whole.