Skovsgaard Manor

Wild nature at children’s level

At Skovsgaard Manor, nature is not just something you look at from the path. Here, children can search for species, rummage in the thickets, explore ponds, and spot all the tiny life that is usually easy to walk past. The special species hunt with 99 selected species makes nature tangible: What crawls, jumps, flies, or hides in dead wood?

Animals, thickets, and wet edges

The manor’s nature includes forests, meadows, and ponds, and in the area grazing animals help shape the landscape. Wild horses, cattle, and pigs are part of the nature project, where former farmland is gradually being transformed into more varied nature. This creates a slightly uneven and lively landscape with grassland, scrub, wetter areas, and places where you can sense that nature is not always neat and trimmed.

Paths and manor house on the same trip

Skovsgaard is also a manor environment with exhibitions, a café, and the opportunity to combine a nature walk with the estate’s buildings. East of Skovsgaard lies Konabbe Skov, with a wheelchair-friendly path through old beech forest, young oak forest, forest swamp, and ancient monuments. At Rifbjerg Sø, there is a bird tower with easy access for wheelchairs, so nature here is not only for those with long legs and muddy boots.