The city garden in Luleå employs around 11 people, with more staff added during the high season in summer. When the greenhouses are full, they contain between thirty and forty thousand plants, and all summer flowers are grown by the garden itself. Each year, the city garden has different themes for its summer plantings, planned as early as the autumn. According to SVT Nyheter, Annika Keisu Lampinen described that the garden does much more than creating plantings and floral decorations, such as working with decorations for the municipality's events. She also noted, according to SVT Nyheter, that they have created a nursery to ensure they don't get any invasive animals among their plants.
In comparison, the flower program in Malmö has a long tradition and has looked roughly as it does today since 1987. For Elin Karlsson and Erika Jonasson, it is the second year they create the design together for Malmö's flower program. According to Malmö stad Nyheter, Erika Jonasson described that in addition to deciding color choices and patterns, they need to look at how the availability of plants looks and how they function in the urban environment.
We do much more than creating plantings and floral decorations. For example, we work with decorations for the municipality's events. Then we have many skilled workers who weld and do carpentry and work with public lighting.
We have created a nursery to ensure that we don't get any invasive animals among our plants, it's important.
In addition to deciding color choices and patterns, we need to look at how the availability of plants looks and how they function in the urban environment.