1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Amsterdam
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Buurtmoestuin Trompenburg
Short description of the intervention
Community Garden Trompenburg was initiated by one citizen who mobilized his neighbours to create a garden in which organic crops can grow. The garden promotes social cohesion and equity within the neighbourhood because citizens, as well as disadvantaged groups and children, work together on the maintenance of the garden. Furthermore, sustainable food production is promoted and taught to interested parties in the form of workshops. (1,3,7)
Address

Trompenburgstraat
9
1097TM Amsterdam
Netherlands

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Total area
100.00m²
NBS area
100.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Website of the intervention
http://www.bottom-up-city.com/trompenburg/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2009
End date of the intervention
2009
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
1. Supporting social cohesion and the promotion of sustainable co-creation of food (1)
2. Promotion of social equity through the inclusion of locals, socially disadvantaged groups, alternative communities and children of the community playground in social activities are organized. (1,7)
3. Increase the environmental knowledge of members of the garden club through workshops on gardening and decomposing (2,5)
Quantitative targets
- Creation of 12 Allotments of each 6 m2 (4)
Monitoring indicators defined
No monitoring indicators specified.
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Environmental education
Social justice and equity
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable consumption
Sustainable production
Implementation activities
- Negotiation with the district authorities about finding a suitable piece of land for the community garden which included soil research and land construction (7)
- Installation of allotments in 1 cubic meter containers (7)
- Foundation of the 'garden club' within an existing playground association as a legal entity (7)
- Partnership development with a nearby house for addicted homeless people (7)
- Organisation of social events such as shared meals multiple times a year and the citizens meet once a month to discuss state of affairs and shared preferences (4)
- Organisation of workshops on gardening and decomposing offered to members of the 'garden club' and primary school children (5)
- Inclusion of 6 disadvantaged individuals help in the maintenance of the community garden (7)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Transformation of previously derelict areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Community gardens and allotments
Allotments
Community gardens
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Garden beds
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Please specify "other marginalized group"
Homeless people struggling with addiction (7)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Intellectual interactions (scientific and / or educational)
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Marginalized groups
Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
Other
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Citizens or community groups
Other
Please specify other non-government actors involved
Community playground
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
One citizen, Auke Bakker, initiated the community garden and mobilized 25 neighbour citizens who volunteered and became part of the garden. The community playground is officially responsible for the garden as they are the land owners of the ground on which the garden is situated, but the garden is completely maintained by citizens, school children using the playground and disadvantaged individuals (1,6,7). The municipality financed the soil investigation and made the soil suitable for growing vegetables. (7)
Key actors - initiating organization
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Public sector institution
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
Dissemination of information and education
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Co-management/Joint management
Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
No
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
No
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
No
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Voluntarily initiated by Auke Bakker (citizen) who desired to promote sustainable agriculture and social cohesion within his neighbourhood (1)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
No
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
No
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of GI / NBS research project - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Farming the City is a research project by the CITIES foundation, which has been running since 2010 in which the impact of urban agriculture and local food initiatives on the environment, economic system and community cohesion is investigated (1)
Research by the national government ('Sociaal Cultureel Planbureau', the Social and Cultural Agency): as part of the research on the influence of informal groups on social cohesion, 7 community gardens were investigated including the Trompenburg Community Garden. (4)
The Trompenburg Community Garden is also a case study location of a PhD research focusing on the social effects of urban agriculture (9)
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Unknown
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
Unknown
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
Unknown
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
Unknown
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Crowdfunding
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Membership or entrance fees
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of land
Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Business models
Local stewardship model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Unknown
Novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Description of environmental benefits
- With the creation of the community garden the urban green space in the district increased with more than 100 sqm (9).
Economic impacts
Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)
Description of economic benefits
- In the community garden food is produced organically. Based on a report, the vegetables produced in the garden cannot cover the full vegetable need of the gardeners only contributes to it. However, gardeners report that vegetable grown in the garden has high quality and good taste. (9)
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Increased access to healthy/affordable food
Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Improvement in people’s connection to nature
Increased appreciation for natural spaces
Description of social and cultural benefits
- The community garden has created social cohesion as it has decreased feelings of social isolation by neighbourhood citizens because contact between citizens has been increased (3) Based on a survey carried out in the garden, all occasionally have a chat with another grower (9)
- The community garden is effectively managed by 12 volunteers who meet once a month do discuss the state of affairs, which can be regarded as inclusive governance (4)
- Gardeners find pleasure in the gardening activity (9)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
Voluntary work opportunities
Work for rehabilitation (e.g. for mental health, prisoners, older people)
Environmental justice: The implementation of the NBS project resulted in ...
Improved access to green and/or blue spaces
Increased access to healthy food for humans and/or animals
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Unknown as of October 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Collection of monitoring data at specific time intervals during the project to aid evaluation
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Interviews
Questionnaire surveys / online surveys
Where can this data be accessed? Please include a link to a report or web-page.
https://onderzoekerstadslandbouw.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/enquete-buurttuin-de-…
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
Link to monitoring/evaluation reports
https://onderzoekerstadslandbouw.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/enquete-buurttuin-de-…
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Unknown.
Use of GIS in mapping impacts
No evidence in public records
Citizen involvement
Citizens involvement in assessment/evaluation
Yes
Mode(s) of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Questionnaire
Interview
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
NBS as part of the Farming the City project
Video in which NBS is introduced (first half)
Additional information on NBS
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Research project by national government on informal groups and social cohesion, NBS is part of this research (5.66 MB) 5.66 MB
List of references
1. Farming the City. (2011). Buurtmoestuin Trompenburg. Website not available
2. Unknown (n.d.). buurtmoestuin De Trompenburg.Website not available
3. Unknown (2010). Boeren in Amsterdam. [video] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09CZRNRQKGs
4. Van den Berg, E., Van Houwelingen, P., & De Hart, J. (2011). Informele groepen. Verkenningen van eigentijdse bronnen van sociale cohesie. Den Haag: Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau. [pdf] Website not available
5. Mulder, K. (2009). Buurtmoestuin De Trompenburg Amsterdam. Accessed on October 30, 2020, https://www.transitiontowns.nl/nieuws/buurtmoestuin-de-trompenburg-amsterdam/
6. Unknown (n.d.). Trompenburg’s Tuin. [online] Website not available
7. Unknown (2011). Buurtmoestuin Trompenburg. Accessed on October 30, 2020, http://www.bottom-up-city.com/trompenburg/
8. Down to Earth. (n.d.). The Activist - Urban Gardening: Auke Bakker. Accessed on October 30, 2020, https://downtoearthmagazine.nl/stadstuinieren/
9. Veen, E. (n.d.). Enquête Buurtmoesttuin de Trompenburg – plezier in tuinieren, Accessed on October 30, 2020, https://onderzoekerstadslandbouw.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/enquete-buurttuin-de-trompenburg-plezier-in-tuinieren/
Additional comments
Project initiator, Auke Bakker, no longer lives in the neighbourhood and is no longer involved in the community garden but the community garden still exists [7]
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Community Garden Trompenburg
Source: https://onderzoekerstadslandbouw.wordpress.com/2013/12/06/enquete-buurttuin-de-trompenburg-plezier-in-tuinieren/