#funkia

[blooming-lenses]

leaves 2025/05/10

[michaelnordeman]

In the garden. Värmland, Sweden (July 27, 2023).

[geopsych]

Hosta ‘June’ single- handedly converted me to hostas. My mother disdained them and called them funkias (which I guess is a real name for them) so I never paid attention but then I saw this beauty at a plant nursery and I haven’t looked back since. <<heart eyes>>

[ayanos-pl]

ギボウシの花にセイヨウミツバチ（6月18日）

[appelkueken]

[photozoi]

Hosta

[iconiclandscapes]

Stockholm, Jan Stenbeck Square, Funkia, 2010

The underlying concept for the design was the global world. Three gigantic plant boxes were placed on the square, each containing biotopes from three different parts of the world. These boxes, made of metal, also served as giant furniture. Organic shapes, plateaux and flights of steps twist and turn between these pieces of furniture. The differences in elevation together with the very varied vegetation all contribute to provide a dynamic experience and stir the curiosity of the viewer. The project was a pioneering work for Sweden, using yellow-beige ‘Densiphalt’, a form of asphalt stabilized with concrete as flooring.

[appelkueken]