For thousands of years, people have lived with their gardens. Throughout history, they have kept us company like good friends. And as with close friends, the tone of the relationship changes from time to time. Most of the time, friendship only brings pleasure, we like to be in each others’ company. But at times the relationship becomes more strained and you have to work hard to gain a balance. Gardens give people a room where they can find expression for the inspiring tension between feelings and logic. Our senses are saturated by fragrances, colours, tastes and sounds, and our need for physical work is generally more than satisfied.

The Röhsska Museum’s large summer exhibition in 2005 will be based on the theme of garden design. In an exhibition that covers almost 1000 square metres, visitors will wander from history to the present day, see old and new side by side. 
The Röhsska Museum of Design and Applied Art will offer a rich selection of objects framed by exhibition architecture which is sensual, beautiful and informative. All objects shown have or can have a relationship with gardens. The idea is that each section of the exhibition will offer both factual information about garden things and surprises about what you could do.

The GREEN IS NICE exhibition will contain a rich mixture of everything from tools to ornaments. Some of the older things on display from the Röhsska Museum’s rich collection include urns, garden drawings, jugs, glass etc. Among the new things, it is also the museum’s ambition to allow visitors to see the latest products from Swedish companies who make furniture, textiles and tools. Between the very latest and the very old, there is a rich and multifaceted spectrum of all kinds of things.