Linné Garden viewed from the Orangery: The lake pond, in the foreground, housed plants found in lakes. In the background you see two gardens surrounded by hedges. The left-hand garden is the annual garden, while the right-hand garden is the perennial garden. The Linnaeus garden, the oldest academy garden in Sweden, was designed by Olof Rudbeck the Elder in 1655. Rudbeck was a botanist, inventor, architect, and professor of medicine and history.