Garparör Nature Reserve is one of the best examples of ancient farmland in Skövde. The area is a mosaic of small fields, open pastures and deciduous forest. On the open areas there are numerous stone walls and clearance cairns.

In the western parts there are large lime trees showing fascinating formations rich in suitable nesting holes for birds. Many different biotopes give a rich and varied flora and fauna. The area is important for birds that nest in deciduous trees, such as the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. It is also an interesting area for spotting butterflies, above all nocturnal species such as the Lime Hawk Moth.

We suggest you take the promenade through the pastures and meadows of Garparör. The trail leads past a shingle bank from the time when the inland ice melted and the shore of the Baltic Ice Lake lay here.

You pass a lime tree meadow with old hollow and pollarded trees, that is, trees whose leaves and twigs were harvested as winter fodder. In the past, tree pollarding was important to collect enough fodder for the livestock.

You reach the trail from the car park: just take the gravel road in towards the reserve and you will discover the orange signage.

Alongside the stream that runs through Garparör lie the remains of mills and mill ponds. Here you also find stone circles, cairns and erect stones. In clearance cairns there often grow ash, elm and lime trees. Eurasian wryneck, flycatcher and Eurasian nuthatch nest in the hollow trees.