Browsing by Author "Rautia, Riikka"

City of Helsinki, Public Works Department, is responsible for the City’s parks, and the maintenance is an ongoing process. Nowadays the designers often are external operators, which has aroused the interest to compile periodical lists of the plants that have been used to maintain the original atmospheres of the parks. The aim of this master’s thesis is to compile lists of the plants characteristic for the period of 1965 - 1975 and to observe the popularity of mass plantings and the diminished use of herbaceous borders. The aim is also to clarify the plant assortment and the activities characteristic to various park types. During the period of 1965 – 1975 there was a strong internal migration in Finland from the countryside to the cities and in Helsinki this led to extensive building of new residential and recreational areas. Because of the haste, the parks were built with less details, without herbaceous or rose borders or climbers, and the emphasis was laid on the imposing greeneries with bushes and trees.