At Skovsgaard Estate, nature is not just something you look at from the path. Here children can search for species, rummage in the thicket, explore ponds, and spot all the small life that is usually easy to walk past. The special species hunt with 99 selected species makes nature tangible: What crawls, hops, flies, or hides in dead wood?
The estate’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 turned into more varied nature. This creates a slightly uneven and lively landscape with grassland, thickets, wetter areas and places where you can feel that nature is not always neat and manicured.
Skovsgaard is also a manor-house setting with exhibitions, a café and the option to combine the nature outing with the estate’s buildings. East of Skovsgaard lies Konabbe Forest with a wheelchair-friendly path through both old beech forest, young oak forest, swamp forest and ancient monuments. At Rifbjerg Lake there is a birdwatching tower with easy wheelchair access, so nature here is not only for those with long legs and muddy boots.
