IN BRIEF
What Moss garden in a pine forest.
Where Finland.
Size Around 250 square metres.
Soil Rocky, dry, boreal forest, comprising mainly pine trees.
Climate Short, moderate summers and long, cold and harsh winters.
Hardiness zone USDA 5.
For Tom mosses hold an air of mystery. He's fascinated by the unique place they hold within the plant kingdom
Off the southern coast of Finland lies the island of Mölandet. Its proximity to Finland's capital Helsinki makes it a popular location for Finns looking to escape the city in summer. But on its southern tip, surrounded by sturdy pine trees and reddish granite cliffs, is an unexpected, hidden gem: a moss garden created by the Finnish landscape architect Tom Simons.
Although Tom considers it one of his most important gardens, and has drawn on a range of sources from early landscape paintings to the great gardens of Europe and Japan for inspiration, he is
