The hothouse in Lovstabruk - part of the digital tour in Lövstabruk

The hothouse in Lovstabruk - part of the digital tour in Lövstabruk

The hothouse (in Swedish)

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The hothouse in Lovstabruk

It was in 1735 that the foundation was laid for the hothouse which, true to tradition, has been used to cultivate plants for Lövstabruk’s Garden.

The lead muntin windows that originally adorned the hothouse were replaced with puttied arches at the close of the 1750s. Next to the south side, a glazed-in partition was built in the 1800s to house the garden’s agaves, dahlias, and geraniums over the winter. It is used for this purpose still today.

Around the turn of the 20th century, the hothouse was a focal point in the vast garden grounds tended to by prefect of the grounds, Johan Olof Strindberg (younger brother of author August Strindberg).

Today, the hothouse harbours a nursery and the building is managed by the National Property Board.

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