Kolonihaveforbundet

The tradition for allotment gardening dates back to the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century the aim of the leisure and allotment gardeners was to secure better conditions for the working people and in 1884 the first society of leisure and allotment gardeners was founded.

In 1908 a group of garden societies founded Kolonihaveforbundet for Danmark (The Danish Federation of Leisure and Allotment Gardeners).

Today we are called ‘Kolonihaveforbundet’ and consists of 400 associations with a total of 40.000 leisure and allotment gardens.