Garden of Norway Traditional Cache
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Enjoy a little walk on the BCCD trails at this location. Enjoy the Norway and Scottish gardens as you stroll through this historic walk through time.
Norwegian Garden
The Scandinavians tended to place their gardens away from the house, and did not use the garden for landscaping effects as other ethnic groups did. Originating in the cold North the Norwegians chose to plant a great deal of root crops which kept well. Few culinary herbs were grown, however cayenne peppers were common. Maybe these helped to perk up a cold winter night. With all of the gardening stemming from the old country it took quite a while for the newcomers to adjust to the soil abilities of the New World. This stylized garden is a “kitchen garden” size and was used for fresh vegetables. Much larger fields of produce were cultivated for storage and winter use.
A few of the varieties are:
Swedish Brown Beans, Pom d’Amore tomato, Yellow Belgium tomato, Danish Ball cabbage, White Sliverskin onion, Extra Early Egyptian beet, Georgia collards, Watermelon, Long orange carrot, Golden ball turnip, Scarlet white-tip radish, “Swedes” (rutabaga).
Caledonia or Scottish Garden
The site of one of the first Scottish cabins—belonging to the Greenlee’s—is located in the Kinnikinnick Creek Conservation Area. We don’t know for certain all that they may have planted, but from reading historical records and talking to some of the Scottish descendants, we have found varieties that would have been available at the time.
Some of the varieties are:
Barley & oats, Lumper Potato, Garnt Chili, Kale (lots of it!), Giant Musselburg Leek, Murdock & McCAslen Pole Beans, Bull’s Blood Beet. However, you wouldn’t find any tomatoes in this garden. They thought they were poisonous
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