Osaby Säteri - (Osaby manor)
SVENSKA NATURSKYDDSFÖRENINGEN (SWEDISH SOCIETY FOR NATURE CONSERVATION),
is owner of the farm, Osaby, in the south-eastern part of Sweden, outside the town of Växjö in Småland.
The business of this farm consists out dairy farming combine with forestry. The agricultural business
is all certified organic, while the forestry is certified by the Forest Stewardship Council.
The very purpose of the management of Osaby farm is to care for, preserve and create environments
in order to enable plant- and animal species to survive in vigorous stocks under favourable circumstances.
In 1994 more than half of the total area of the farm and most of the lake area, totalling
351,5 hectares, were designated as nature protection area.
The farm consists of:
Productive forest: 374.7 hectares
Bog: 22,8 hecares
Arable land: 81.5 hectares
Building site and others: 9,2 hectares
Small lakes inside land: 5,3 hectares
part of the Vendel lake: 126.5 hectares
The location of Osaby and the very exclusive biotopes that are preserved there
(meadow, pasturelands, together with marshland, ponds and ditches) make it perfectly
suitable as habitat for different plant- and animal species.
The nature reserves landarea of 225 ha includes all cultivated land and about 100 ha of forests at
the Swedish Society for Nature Conservations largest property in the country. The reserve have many
visitors and many paths have been restored.
The farming at Osaby manor is ecological and it is connected to KRAV. At the farm there is cattle that
keeps the landscape open, and helps to keep up the great variety of vegetation that is the result of
thousands of years of grazing.
You are most welcome to visit Osaby Säteri. (Osaby manor).
Visit the Nature Reserve and go hiking on the footpaths.
The Osaby 'Manor House' is available for hire as a course or conference center, for parties, celebrations or weddings.
Stay overnight in the
STF Hostel Osaby Säteri
