A Presentation about Plants Cultivated at Waldemarsudde ever since Prince Eugen’s Time.

To complement the exhibition In Bloom. Art & Botany, a display about the garden at Waldemarsudde is shown in the so-called Bernadotte Room, on the ground floor of the Mansion. The garden was created by Prince Eugen (1865–1947) and begun around the turn of the century 1900, and is an expression of his artistry and imagination. The entire room is filled with plants chosen by the garden staff at Waldemarsudde, and is devoted to the Prince and his love of cultivating things.

On a table is a selection of what Waldemarsudde’s head gardener, Marina Rydberg, calls “Prince Plants”, i.e. plants that were in various ways important to Prince Eugen and have been cultivated at Waldemarsudde from his time until today. These plants will be replaced throughout the exhibition according to the changing seasons. On the wall behind the table, a number of particularly important “Prince Plants” are presented.

The exhibition also contains a timeline, highlighting events from the history of the garden, from the Prince’s time to the present day. On the windowsills, Waldemarsudde pots – designed by Prince Eugen in 1915 – are displayed, filled with “Prince Plants”, such as blue hydrangea, pelargonium, various spring bulbs and begonia. At the garden table, visitors can sit among hibiscus, fig trees and mimosa, planted in beautiful terracotta pots from the Prince’s era, and enjoy the splendour of the flowers and their scents. One can truly sense the truth in the Prince’s words that flowers, after art, were his greatest joy – something that still permeates the atmosphere at Waldemarsudde.