Greenfood's Helsingborg facility a construction blueprint for biodiversity

Plantings around large logistic facilities and factory premises usually consist of a lawn and a few trees. But not at Greenfood's new facility in Helsingborg. Here, a unique pilot project has flipped the script, placing biodiversity and the climate at the very heart of our mission.

At Greenfood Greenhouse - a large number of different trees, shrubs, and meadow flowers are being planted to benefit biodiversity and provide food and habitats for many species. 

Creating an ecological corridor and green infrastructure for wildlife using the same species as in the nearby nature reserve helps to benefit biodiversity, as plant and animal life, just like humans, need "roads" to be able to move. If it's too far between different green areas, individuals and groups of the species become stuck in one place.

To help wildlife, Greenhouse will have a diversity of plants blooming at different times to benefit pollinating insects. A long flowering period is important for them to find food throughout the season and not just a few weeks during the summer. In a south-facing sunny slope, there will also be a gravel bed and dead wood for wild bees - a natural effort to help pollinating insects since Greenfood sells fruit and vegetables that depend on pollinators.

Planting plan for Greenhouse:

• About 20 species of trees and shrubs, including field maple, oak, weeping willow, crab apple, honeysuckle, blackthorn, rowan, hawthorn
• Nearly 30 species of meadow flowers and grasses, including yarrow, cornflower, common catchfly, buttercup, sorrel, brunet, bird's-foot trefoil, velvet grass
• Gravel bed and dead wood for wild bees
• "Nuttery" with walnut, Japanese walnut, chestnut, hazel