Summer Days 2026 - Sweden
Welcome to Sweden!
Gerben Tjeerdsma and his colleagues have prepared a truly unique program for Summer Days in Sweden. Let’s go and discover together the beauty of a country where reindeer say good night and the growing season is so short that some asters do not even manage to bloom.
This time together will allow us to meet colleagues from our field in person once again, exchange experiences from the perennial world, and become acquainted with new people, new ideas, and fresh inspiration for our future work.
ISU SUMMER DAYS PROGRAM
Saturday
Arrival of the board members in Lund.
- 19:30 Dinner at the hotel
Sunday
- 9:00-12:00 Meeting of the ISU Committee & the trail commission at the hotel
- 12:00 Lunch in Lund
- 15:00-17:00 ISU Committee & trial commission visitting the trial field by car. Arrival of the participants at the hotel Concordia in Lund
- 19:30 Welcome dinner at a restaurant a few minutes from the hotel
Monday
- 8:00 Traveling by bus to Alnarp, the University off Agricultural
- 8:30-10:30 ISU General assembly at Alnarp
- 10:30-12:00 Visiting the trial field at Alnarp
- 12:00-13:00 Lunch at Alnarp
- 13:00-16:00 Guiding in Alnarpsparken and National GenBank (Karin Svennson, Linnea Oskarsson)
- 16:15 Traveling by bus back to the hotel Concordia. Possibility to visit the Botanic Garden in Lund
- 19:30 Dinner at a restaurant a few minutes from the hotel
Tuesday
- 8:00 Traveling by bus
- 8:15-11:00 Visiting the nursery Lackalänga Trädgård in Furulund
- 11:00 Traveling by bus
- 11:30-15:00 Visiting and lunch at the garden of Peter and Julia, Klinta Trädgård in Höör
- 15:00 Traveling by bus back to the hotel Concordia
- 16:00 Lecture about soil by Professor Håkan Wallander
- 19:30 Dinner at a restaurant a few minutes from the hotel
Wednesday
- 8:00 Traveling by bus
- 8:30-10:00 Guided tour in the Slottsträdgård in Malmö
- 10:15-11:45 Guiding of Patrick Bellan around Malmö Live, Citadellskajen and Solhöjdsparken
- 11:45 Traveling by bus
- 12:00 Lunch in Malmö
- 13:15 Traveling by bus
- 14:00-16:00 Visiting the castle Troups slott & Slottspark
- 16:00 Traveling by bus back to the hotel Concordia
- 19:30 Dinner at a restaurant a few minutes from the hotel. Awarding the best perennial novelties with the ISU Award. Official End of the Summer Days 2026
Thursday
- 8:30 Traveling by bus
- 10:30-11:30 Visiting the moose park Elinge Älgpark in Hamneda
- 11:30 Traveling by bus
- 12:15-13:15 Lunch in Simlångsdalen
- 13:30-15:30 Visiting the park Vargaslätten & nursery Gerbianska Trädgåden
- 15:30 Traveling by bus back to the hotel Concordia
- 19:30 Dinner at the hotel
Some facts about the locations
Alnarpsparken
Karin Svensson researches diverse, low-maintenance perennial plantings for dry urban conditions, aiming to promote their use in public spaces despite limited maintenance budgets.
The Swedish National GenBank
The Swedish National Gene Bank preserves 2,300 historic plant varieties collected by Pom, including fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals grown in Sweden before 1960. Nationwide inventories also documented stories, traditions, and local plant names.
Klinta Trädgård
Peter Korn and Julia Anderson founded Klinta Trädgården in 2015, creating a diverse garden and nursery with global plants. They design perennial plantings, grow their own plants, and aim to make Klinta a meeting place for horticultural experts to share knowledge and promote sustainable landscapes.
Good to know
Usefull Informations to know before the Summer Days
RESPONSIBLE PERSON
Gerben Tjeerdsma
gerben@gerbianska.com
+46 703 919 586
Travel Agency (ResTeamet)
+46 435 100 01
MAKE THE MOST OF IT
Enjoy the program—and the moments in between.
GOOD TO KNOW
Most places in Sweden don’t accept cash. Bring a debit/credit card for purchases.
GETTING TO THE HOTEL
CPH Airport → Lund Central (train ≈35 min), then ≈10 min on foot.
Parking garages available in central Lund near the hotel.