Veijo Ronkkonen was only 16 years old when he started working on his park.
A section featuring around 250 figures in various yoga poses is particularly well known.
Ronkkonen was a yoga practitioner and his yoga statues are purportedly self-portraits of himself.
Ronkkonen charged no entrance fee, but kept a guestbook for visitors to sign when they left the garden.
The artist himself remained recluse and avoided meeting visitors.
Ronkkonen also refused to lend his statues to museums or expositions.
Ronkkonen didnt believe anybody would be interested in maintaining it.
Today, the park is visited by as many as 30,000 people every year.
