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The picture shows an aerial view of the Leimuniitty area. On the left side of the picture there is a roundabout, on the right side of which there are planted astilbes and daffodils. A canal can be seen in the foreground of the picture. The Tapiola residential area and Otaniemi can be seen in the background.
Photo: Jouko Antere, Maisema-arkkitehdit Ruokonen Oy

Leimuniitty

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Tapiola’s Leimuniitty is a nationally valuable cultural landscape and an internationally significant representation of modern garden art. Leimunitty was designed by garden architect Jussi Jännes in 1959.

Location

Otsolahdentie 6, 02110 Espoo

It became famous for its glowing red and purple phlox flowers. The perennial area, which was dubbed “shock planting”, served as an advertisement for the internationally acclaimed garden city. The Leimuniitty park and the surrounding area have undergone extensive renovation as part of the Tapiola cetnre renewal project, which has been under way since 2015. During the renovation work, the roundabout, the Leimuniity canal with its bridges and amphitheatres, and extensive perennial and bulb flower plantings were restored to the center of Tapiola.

Underground drainage structures were installed in the park to allevliave stormwater flooding in the city centre and protect public areas against seawater flooding. The renovation of the Tapiola city centre has paid tribute to the structures and materials characteristic of Tapiola, for example concrete walls and large concrete slabs, a bench model designed for Tapiola with its colour tones, and solutions suitable for illuminating parks.

Approximately 32,000 daffodils have been planted in Leimuniitty.Photo: Ami Koiranen, City of Espoo
The characteristic planting areas of Leimuniitty consist of the perennial groups seen in the picture, with over 5,000 astilbes abloom in summer in white and glowing red shades.Photo: Ami Koiranen, City of Espoo
Photo: Ami Koiranen, City of Espoo
Photo: Noora-Nilsén, MySome
Leimuniitty canal and the pedestrian bridge crossing the canal in evening lighting.Photo: Karin Krokfors, Arkkitehtitoimisto Karin Krokfors Oy