Life
Schalin obtained his secondary school diploma in 1907 in Turku and went on to study horticulture in Belgium and Germany, where he obtained a degree in gardening in 1912 from the Köstritz Higher School of Horticulture.[[2] He ran his own garden design office in Helsinki from 1916 until 1922.][ From 1922 until 1944, he had his own garden and nursery in Kyrkslätt in Finland.][[2]]
He was employed as the city gardener in Helsinki from 1946 until his retirement in 1957.[ He was considered one of Finland's leading experts in the field of garden archicture, with a speciality in perennial plants and decorative bushes.[10] He was also a pioneering plant breeder who grew new hybrid lilies, rhododendrons, crab apple trees, roses and viburnums for the gardens in Helsinki.]
He designed a large number of private and public gardens, including the botanical garden in Jakobstad and the park at Vanögård (Finnish: Vanajanlinna).[2]
References
1. ^1 2 3 4 Museum of Finnish architecture {{fi}}
2. ^1 [https://www.uppslagsverket.fi/sv/sok/view-103684-SchalinBengt Schalin, Bengt] at Uppslagsverket Finland. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716185018/http://www.uppslagsverket.fi/bin/view/Uppslagsverket/SchalinBengt |date=July 16, 2013 }} {{sv}}