Vargaslätten, ett trädgårdshistoriskt arbete, fokus 1989 - 2009
VargaslättenTrädgårdshistoriaCecilia ForsgrenSigfrid EricsonNils-Olof NilssonSimlångsdalenBrearedNaturträdgårdSkogsträdgårdWoodland gardenNationalromantikPrivatträdgårdTrädgårdskonstVargaslätt
Vargaslätten is a 15 hectare large privet garden in Halland in the south-west of Sweden.In the beginning of the 1990s Gunnar O.Westerberg, the owner of Vargaslätten,commissioned a work from the young landscapearchitect, Rolf Efvergren, to writeVargaslätten ? tillägnad naturen. It was a discribing work of the current status of the gardenand the summer-house of Vargaslätten. Vargaslätten ? tillägnad naturen was acomprehensive work with a detalied inventory of all the plants, the buildings, the descriptionof the surroundings and the history. And it was the start of an active period at Vargaslätten. Agroup, called Vargaslättskommittén, was formed to create a development plan for the garden.Meanwhile Gunnar O. Westerberg worked to plan the longterm financial security ofVargaslätten.The focus of the work has been the years between 1989-2009, how the garden has expandedand who the persons behind the developments have been. I have also included a short historyof Vargaslätten's entire history because it is necessary for the understanding of the present daysituation and a short discription of the founder Sigfrid Ericson, the current gardener Nils-OlofNilsson and the owner during the period 1954-2001, Gunnar O. Westerberg. I have written ashort discussion about preservation values and whether Vargaslätten is worth preserving forfuture generations or not.