Meet Small Creatures with a Big Impact in Spring
Beneficial Insect Park
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Meet the Garden’s Small Heroes
Beneficial Insect Parks
At Kivik and at Solnäs Gård, you can also visit our Beneficial Insect Parks. They are part of a cross‑border EU project and a collaboration between Kiviks Musteri, researchers at Lund University, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, and the Swedish National Gardening Association.
The area is designed to demonstrate how we can support biodiversity by creating favourable environments for beneficial insects — both in cultivated land and in our home gardens.
A Walk Among
Pollinators & Pioneers
A Research Project That Makes a Difference
Working in Harmony with Nature
The Beneficial Insect Park is the result of a collaboration between Kiviks Musteri and SLU, initiated by Head of Cultivation Jan Flemming Jensen and Project Manager Lotta Fabricius Kristensen. Here, researchers explore how beneficial insects live, what they feed on, and how they interact with nature.
The park demonstrates how simple measures can create a favourable environment for pollinators and other beneficial insects — using stone piles, dead wood, flowering plants, and wild, untamed corners. It serves both as a research platform, a source of inspiration for growers, and a living example of biodiversity in practice.
Since its launch in 2021, the park has become a valuable asset for research projects with limited timeframes. Its ideas have already been implemented in our own orchards, particularly in Svinaberga in Kivik.
The Beneficial Insect Parks were developed with support from the EU Interreg project Beespoke.
Gardening Tips for Biodiversity
Support Beneficial Insects — Do Less
For home growers and garden enthusiasts, we want to show how small actions can make a big difference for beneficial insects and biodiversity. Piles of branches and leaves, old tree trunks, and even weeds create important habitats — exactly the things many people are quick to tidy away.
We encourage a new way of thinking: not everything needs to be neat and tidy. Letting part of your lawn grow wild is a simple way to give nature a helping hand. From nature’s perspective, wild growth is better than a perfectly trimmed lawn. Or as we like to say: Want to be an environmental hero? Do nothing!
The Beneficial Insect Park is open to visitors year‑round with free admission and was created with support from the EU project Beespoke.