The ash burial grove was inaugurated late last autumn but is not yet completely finished. More plants and decorations are to be added, but the first ones to rest there have been buried.
The site is divided into three parts: one with the theme of agriculture, another with forestry and the last with fishing.
In the agricultural section, an apple tree, rhubarb, spices and potatoes have been planted to follow the theme – just a few meters from the graves.
See pictures of the potato cultivation in the clip above.
"The idea is not that you should eat what is grown here, but it is voluntary if you want to," says Anna Gunnarsson, a cemetery worker at Bräkne-Hoby.
Provoked strong reactions in Småland
This is not the first time that edible plants have been grown in a cemetery. Last summer, a similar initiative in Traryd, Småland, provoked strong reactions when the graves there were joined by a vegetable garden.
And among Bräkne-Hoby residents, reactions are mixed, some think it's disgusting while others think it's nice.
"There are always opinions, but where we cultivate there is no burial area and it never has been.
Hear more about this in the clip above.