BLOKGARDEN / PROJECTS

Work that lives in the city.

Explore how design, delivery, shared activities and maintenance come together in our work. Select a service or browse every reference.

All references

17 references

Community garden / Helsinki / 2026

Malminkartano Community Garden

Growing and working together in the city.

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Nature play / Turku / 2025

Luontopesä

Natural materials, play and working together.

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Urban nature / Lahti / 2025

Mukkulan Lumo

New habitats and urban nature woven into everyday surroundings.

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Community garden / Riihimäki / 2026

Peltosaari Community Garden

Twenty growing beds by the Vantaa River, built with local residents.

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Biodiversity / Helsinki / 2025

Herttoniemi Pollinator Roof

A flowering habitat on an urban roof.

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Community growing / Turku / 2025

Jyrkkälä Community Garden

A place to grow, gardener support and shared activities for local residents.

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Community growing / Järvenpää / 2026

Jamppa Community Garden

A garden built together, with guided activities throughout the growing season.

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Community growing / Tampere / 2025

Haihara Ryytimaa

Growing and learning together in the grounds of Haihara manor.

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Green solution / Valkeakoski / 2026

Aistimetsä edible planting berm

A striking, nearly maintenance-free planting berm with perennial edible plants.

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Movable urban nature / Helsinki / 2024

Suvilahti Hukkapuisto

Growing bags bring life to hard urban surfaces.

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Installation examples / Indoor and outdoor spaces

Plant walls

Living plants for vertical surfaces.

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Installation examples / Events and spaces

Green styling for events and spaces

Plants set the mood and define welcoming gathering areas.

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Project partnerships

01 / Turku · Urban Biodiversity ParksProject partner

Turku Biodiversity Park

Bringing biodiversity into urban development and everyday life.

Urban Biodiversity Parks partners and EU funding mark

Blokgarden’s role

We are a business partner in Urban Biodiversity Parks. Our work includes the Jyrkkälä community garden, Luontopesä in Halinen and a moth translocation pilot. We combine practical delivery, resident participation and biodiversity development.

City of Turku project page ↗ (opens in a new tab)
02 / Viikki, Helsinki · 2025Pilot delivery

FoodSystemiCity

Urban growing and micro-entrepreneurship with students.

Urban Farmer Pilot in Viikki: FoodSystemiCity, Blokgarden, University of Helsinki and Ylva

Blokgarden’s role

In the Viikki Urban Farmer pilot, five students grew lettuce, herbs and other edible plants using Blokgarden growing units. We contributed the practical growing solution and expertise to support the students. The pilot also tested selling produce to local customers.

University of Helsinki pilot overview ↗ (opens in a new tab)
04 / Helsinki · Restaurant SavoyPilot delivery

CircularHoodFood

Returning restaurant nutrients to edible plant production.

Tuomas Ilander processing biowaste in the CircularHoodFood pilotTuomas Ilander and a Restaurant Savoy representative at the rooftop garden

Blokgarden’s role

With Restaurant Savoy, we delivered a circular economy pilot in which restaurant biowaste was processed with a DTS biomixer. The resulting nutrient-rich soil amendment improved the growing medium for rooftop cultivation. The pilot connected nutrient cycling and urban growing in practice.

HSY project page and pilot results ↗ (opens in a new tab)
05 / Housing companies · Helsinki metropolitan areaPilot delivery

Circular Green Blocks

Community growing as a service for residential courtyards.

Blokgarden growing boxes in the Circular Green Blocks pilot

Blokgarden’s role

We tested a service model that brings growing beds and shared activities to housing company courtyards. The project developed circular and sharing economy services with businesses, housing companies and residents.

HSY Circular Green Blocks project page ↗ (opens in a new tab)