Blokgarden

What Blokgarden does

Blokgarden Oy is a Finnish urban farming and biodiversity services company founded in 2020 and headquartered in Tampere (Sarvijaakonkatu 28, Kalevanhalli). The company designs, builds, and maintains community gardens, biodiversity areas, office gardens, and green roofs for municipalities, housing companies, businesses, care homes, schools, and restaurants. Core offerings include movable growing-box community gardens serving 30-150 participants per site, biodiversity design services (permanent meadows, pollinator gardens, green walls, traffic-circle art), Green Care programs for therapeutic and educational settings, and interior hydroponics for restaurants. Notable technical components include sensor-monitored, remote-controlled irrigation (Herttoniemen Metro garden roof with HSL and Humblebee), recycled-material Hukkapuistosäkit growing bags with passive 25L reservoirs, and the VISIO 2030 initiative framing urban farming as crisis-resilience infrastructure.

The business model is project-based professional services sold primarily through direct sales to municipalities and enterprises, with community access offered free to end users via municipal or housing-company sponsorship. GTM combines field sales (commissioned gardens and biodiversity projects) with event-driven community engagement (opening days, harvest celebrations, exhibitions). Revenue streams include community garden services, office garden installations with maintenance and winter storage, biodiversity and green-roof projects, Green Care programs, and restaurant hydroponics. The company has delivered projects from 2021 through 2025 across at least eight Finnish cities including Tampere, Helsinki, Espoo, Turku, Järvenpää, Riihimäki, Nurmijärvi, and Lahti, and holds partnerships including the EU Urban Biodiversity Parks Project (2023-2027) with Forum Virium and the FoodSystemiCity vocational-school program. The company is privately held by six founders with no disclosed external investment and operates with a lean core team of three named operators.

Name

Blokgarden

Legal name

Blokgarden Oy

Website

https://blokgarden.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Blokgarden is a Finnish urban farming services company founded in 2020 that designs, builds, and maintains community gardens, biodiversity areas, office gardens, and green roofs for municipalities, housing companies, businesses, and care homes across Finland.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Tampere

HQ country

Finland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Community Garden Services: Commissioned community gardens for municipalities, housing companies, care homes, daycares, schools, and businesses. Blokgarden provides growing boxes, plants, soil, coordination, and gardener support throughout the season.
2. Office Gardens: Corporate office garden installations with maintenance and winter storage included in service package. Employee plant gifts.
3. Biodiversity Projects: Design and implementation of permanent and temporary biodiversity areas, green roofs, green walls, and traffic circle art installations for municipalities and property owners.
4. Green Care Solutions: Gardening solutions for care homes, schools, and hospitals bringing joy and learning through plant cultivation.
5. Interior Gardening: Hydroponics solutions for restaurants.

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Blokgarden designs, builds, and services urban farming and biodiversity installations across Finland. Its core work consists of implementing community gardens using portable movable growing boxes for 30-150 participants, building permanent biodiversity areas (meadows, pollinator gardens, green roofs, green walls), installing corporate office gardens with maintenance, running Green Care programs for care homes, schools, and hospitals, and supplying hydroponics solutions for restaurants. The company provides turnkey delivery including growing boxes, plants, soil, coordination, and seasonal gardener support.

Product overview

Blokgarden is a Finnish urban green construction and urban farming company offering a portfolio of interconnected services centered on community gardens, biodiversity solutions, and urban agriculture. The core offerings include community garden implementations (Yhteisöpuutarhat) using portable growing boxes for 30-150 participants, biodiversity design services creating permanent diversity areas and temporary green pockets, and specialized Office Gardens and Green Care programs. Key projects include the Herttoniemi Metro Garden Roof with sensor-based irrigation, the Mukkulan Lumo green area, and Hukkapuistosäkit made from recycled materials. The company operates under the VISIO 2030 initiative promoting urban food production as crisis resilience. Founded in 2020, Blokgarden serves cities, care homes, housing companies, schools, restaurants, and businesses across Finland.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Kaupunkiviljely (Urban Farming) Overarching urban farming service that implements community gardens with portable growing boxes and builds permanent urban farming areas, including outdoor community gardens, hydroponics solutions for restaurants, company-sponsored farms, office gardens, and Green Care programs.
• Yhteisöpuutarhat (Community Gardens) Community garden implementations using portable movable growing boxes for 30-150 participants, served by Blokgarden's gardeners who coordinate activities and guide plant care throughout the season. Available for cities, care homes, housing companies, kindergartens, schools, and businesses.
• Biodiversiteetti (Biodiversity) Design and implementation of diverse green areas including permanent biodiversity zones (meadows, sunny areas, pollinator gardens, natural parks), temporary green pockets for roofs, walls, and hard surfaces, and green art for traffic circles and roadside strips.
• Office Gardens Break-area office gardens for businesses with included maintenance and winter storage, plus plant gifts for employees to grow and compare during summer.
• Green Care Joy and learning programs for care homes, schools, kindergartens, and hospitals focused on plant cultivation and nature-based activities.
• Hukkapuistosäkki (Waste Park Bags) Growing bags made from recycled materials with a 25L water reservoir and passive irrigation, portable by forklift or pump truck. Used with rescued plants from nurseries and stores.
• Interior Gardening (Hydroponics for Restaurants) Indoor hydroponics gardening solutions designed for restaurants to produce fresh ingredients on-site.

Quantifiable outcome

• Distributed urban food production could produce 30% of daily needs in crisis situations
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Humblebee Housing ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Herttoniemen Metro garden roof project. Humblebee focuses on pollinator-friendly housing and green solutions. Project includes remotely controlled irrigation and sensors for monitoring biodiversity impact.
• Pilot GreencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the Herttoniemen Metro garden roof project for pollinators, implementing sustainable green solutions.
• Forum ViriumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProject partner in EU Urban Biodiversity Parks (2023-2027) and Hukkapuistot projects. Helsinki-based innovation company focusing on urban development and sustainability.
• ARK GROUP OyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in Mukkulan Lumo biodiversity project near S-Market in Lahti. ARK GROUP handled construction while Blokgarden designed and implemented the green areas.
• Phazer CraneminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerArtistic collective partner for Kaupunkiruokaviidakko (Urban Food Jungle) installation at Finlayson, Tampere, as part of Tampere City Ruudun Takaa exhibition 2024.
• CUBECOminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for festival green installations, providing sustainable event greening solutions.
• HSL (Helsinki Regional Transport Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerClient and partner for Herttoniemen Metro station garden roof project for pollinators, integrating green space into transit infrastructure.
• Urban & Local ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerAquaponics pilot project at Haaga-Helia & Perho vocational school (Helsinki, 2025) for teaching sustainable food production.
• FoodSystemiCity ProjectminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerImplementation partner in FoodSystemiCity project, working with Urban Farmers Oy to create vocational school gardens across 5 institutions in Helsinki/Vantaa region.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Swegreen: Swedish company offering in-store hydroponic farming and circular food production systems for grocery retailers. Comparable in Nordic-market urban farming, technology-driven growing solutions, and serving commercial/municipal clients.
• Infarm: Berlin-based vertical farming company offering modular hydroponic units for restaurants, retailers, and municipalities across Europe. Directly comparable in urban agriculture for restaurants/hospitality and in deploying tech-enabled growing infrastructure in commercial spaces.
• Square Mile Farms: UK-based provider of urban farming installations and ongoing maintenance for corporate offices, schools, and residential developments. Directly comparable in-office garden services, full-service model, and multi-segment customer approach.
• Brooklyn Grange: US-based commercial rooftop farming and urban agriculture consultancy building green roofs and operating farms. Comparable in commercial urban agriculture, biodiversity installations, green roof design, and multi-revenue-stream model.

Regional players

• Plantui: Finnish company producing hydroponic indoor growing devices for homes, offices, and restaurants. Comparable in Finnish-market urban farming, hydroponics technology, and serving similar segments (offices, restaurants), though focused on hardware rather than service delivery.
• Stadtfarm: Berlin-based urban farm combining aquaponics with social/educational programs. Comparable in urban farming in dense European cities and serving similar community/educational segments with growing infrastructure.

Emerging players

• GrowUp Urban Farms: UK-based urban farming company using hydroponic container and rooftop systems to produce food commercially in cities. Comparable in deploying urban farming infrastructure with a focus on local food production and commercial-scale deployments.
• Sprout City Farms: US nonprofit operating urban community farms on rooftops with educational programming. Comparable in community-focused urban agriculture, partnership with municipalities, and integration of biodiversity and food production missions.
• Incredible Edible: UK community gardening movement that builds edible landscapes and community gardens in public spaces. Comparable in community garden model for cities, volunteer-driven maintenance, and focus on local food access and community wellbeing.

Broad incumbents

• Plantagon: Swedish urban agriculture company developing large-scale vertical farming and urban food production infrastructure. Comparable in Nordic urban agriculture focus and integration of urban farming into buildings and city infrastructure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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