Öland garden room

July 13 – July 19, 2025

Course leaders: Gunnel Carlson and Emmi Roosling

Welcome to Öland's gardens! What makes them so special? Is it the light, the earth, the climate – or is it perhaps the islanders themselves? Come and explore Öland's garden rooms together with garden journalist Gunnel Carlson, who wrote the book Öland's garden rooms together with photographer Emmi Roosling. During the week, Emmi gives solid advice on how to best photograph the garden and Gunnel shares some of the modern Swedish garden history. There will be trips to some of Öland's gardens, talks, gardening, photography and a vernissage of what the week brings.

Course fee

The course fee is SEK 5,500

If Capellagården has to cancel the course, you always have the right to get back the course fee you have paid. If you need to withdraw your offer due to obstacles or illness, a refund will be made with 50% of the course fee.

Please note that board and lodging are not included in the course fee, but are booked and paid for separately after admission. Material costs for individual works may be added and paid on site.

Application and admission

Who can apply for the course?
No special prior knowledge is needed other than curiosity.

You who search Capellagården's summer courses must be 18 years of age, except for the children/youth courses.

How do I apply?
Link to application form.

ATTENTION! When you have submitted your application, you will only receive a confirmation on the screen. You will not receive an automatic confirmation of your application via email, but you have the option to fill in that you would like a copy of your application via email in the application form. After you have submitted your application, you will be redirected to Capellagården's website.

How is the selection of course participants done?
We apply continuous admission. When a course has enough applicants to fill course and reserve places, we close the possibility to apply for the course. Some courses quickly receive a large number of applicants. The selection for the course is based on your motivation in the application and the desire to have a spread in the group.

When will I receive a response to my application?
We will provide feedback on an ongoing basis. That is, the time it takes to receive notification can vary. Notification is sent via email. 
The first e-mails with notifications will be tentatively sent out during the month of February. Upon admission, information is given about payment and confirmation of course place. In case of non-payment, we offer the course place to the next person in line. In connection with admission, it is possible to book and pay for board and lodging. 

Why is there a delay in answering my question?
Send your questions and concerns to sommarkurser@capellagarden.se. We will reply as soon as we can, so please be patient if it takes a few days.

Board and lodging

In connection with admission, you are offered possibility to book and pay for board and lodging during the course week. There are about ten different houses on the "storgården" with close proximity to workshops and the Vingårdsalen. The rooms are varied with a simple standard. The houses have access to a shared kitchen, shower and toilet. Many houses/rooms thus have shared bathrooms. Full board is included for everyone who lives at Capellagården and our shared meals are largely based on vegetables from our organic garden. 

Cost of board and lodging in a single room:
Board and accommodation for one week: SEK 5,300
Bed linen is included in the fee.

If Capellagården has to cancel the course, you always have the right to recover all fees for board and lodging. In case of cancellation, we charge an administrative fee of SEK 500. 

We are usually able to offer rooms to anyone who wishes, but unfortunately cannot give any guarantee. If we are unable to offer you accommodation during your course period, you will receive information about this in your acceptance letter.

If you have arranged your own accommodation and want to eat together with your coursemates, it is fine to buy individual meals. The price is then:
Breakfast SEK 85, Lunch or dinner SEK 130, Cheese tray (end) SEK 160.
Coffee and shared coffee are included in the course fee

Bring to the course

Parts of the course involve photographing the garden, but you don't need an advanced camera - the mobile phone is fine. But if you have a digital camera you want to use or learn to use, bring it!

Course start and end

Sunday, course start
On Sunday, the course starts for everyone. Arrival time and check-in takes place from 15.00 – 16.45. Meeting place in the school courtyard in front of the yellow mangård building. Afterwards, a simpler dinner is served in the Vingårdsalen. Roll call and joint start together with everyone on your course takes place at 18.00, also in the courtyard.

Course week
The course day starts at 8.30 and ends at 16.30. On certain days, you may be invited to a joint meeting/lecture in the morning or evening. Work in workshops and the garden is also permitted outside of teaching hours according to our workshop policy, which you will get well in place. 

Friday, the last day of the course
During the day, workshop cleaning and course evaluation are included, followed by a joint tour of the workshops. The course ends with a joint final evening in the courtyard.

Saturday, the return day
Breakfast is served and uCheck-out takes place no later than 11.00. 

Language

The language of instruction on the course is Swedish. However, summaries in English may appear.

Gunnel Carlson

Gunnel Carlson is a garden journalist and author. For many years she made the garden programs Gröna rum and Gunnels Gröna for Svt. She participates from time to time in Gokväll and has written about twenty gardening books and lectures on gardening all over Sweden. Many trips out into the world have given her perspective on garden life. Gunnel is also the initiator of Tusen trådgarðar and wishes that everyone would like to open their gardens for inspiring visits.

gunnelcarlson56@gmail.com

Emmy Roosling

Emmi Roosling is a photographer and artist based in Södra Öland. She is trained in photography at the photography school in Gamleby and textiles at Capellagården. Her works revolve around questions about the relationship between man, the contemporary world, the landscape and the rhythm of the seasons. She has published two photo books on her own publishing house Ön (2019) and Det är här vi är nu (2024), as well as the gardening book Öländska trädgårdsrum together Gunnel Carlsson (Avium).

emmi@roosling.se