1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Białystok
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Projekt zagospodarowania przestrzeni z uwzględnieniem miejsca do hortiterapii przy budynku Zespołu Szkół nr 16 w Białymstoku
Short description of the intervention
The author of the project (visualized, not completed) designed a recreation area for youth from schools, dormitories and people interested in need of horticultural therapy in one of the school courtyards in Białystok. The project would involve revitalization and modernization of the school’s courtyard to adapt it to the needs of people with disabilities and adequately manage the greenery around. The garden would allow for therapeutic work with plants, art therapy, and activities that support the mental and physical health of the participants [1,3].
In 2015 the project was in envisioned and pitched only, but it did not receive funding from the participatory budget of Białystok.
Address

ul. Zwycięstwa 28
15-703 Białystok
Poland

Area boundary
POINT (23.124691 53.137488)
POINT (23.127813 53.138402)
POINT (23.129637 53.136986)
POINT (23.12939 53.136001)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
http://atlas.naturvation.eu/sites/default/files/nbs/files/bialystok_maly.pdf
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
School complex and the courtyard
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2013
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
in planning stage
End date of the intervention
2015
Present stage of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1) Creating a garden space for people who will attend events based on practical gardening;
2) Starting a public place for therapy based on activities such as work with plants, art therapy, and activities that support the mental and physical health of the participants;
3) Enhancing the aesthetics of the place;
4) Underlining the importance of the dorm’s area and the need for its renewal and modernization so that it can serve multiple functions and cater to the needs of disabled residents;
5) Creating an open space for everyone concerned about their mental health [3].




Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Visitors traffic in the garden [3]
Implementation activities
1) Improving the infrastructure by replacing some uneven sidewalks and perimeters, maintaining existing plants [1];
2) Renovating the facade of the school and the dormitory, building new communication lines and painting a mural on one of the external walls of the facility;
3) Construction of the multipurpose playground in the asphalt football field;
4) Construction of the seating terrace in the orchard in front of the dormitory;
5) Creation of the facilities for the horticultural therapy and gardening;
6) Planting new greenery in the school yard [2].
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Green playgrounds and school grounds
Institutional green space
Community gardens and allotments
Community gardens
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
1
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
Gardens adapted for horticulture mental therapy; Disability-friendly communication lanes
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Habitat and supporting services
Maintenance of genetic diversity
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Other
Please specify "other cultural service"
Therapy through gardening/horticulture
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Governance
Non-government actors
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Citizens or community groups
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Local public school and citizens' community developed a project with the help of a lanscape architecture student. They prepared a proposal and applied for funds from the participatory city budget of Białystok. The application was unsuccessful.
Key actors - initiating organization
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Public sector institution
Citizens or community group
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a national regulations/strategy/plan
Unknown
NBS intervention implemented in response to a local regulation/strategy/plan
Unknown
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The rules of the participatory budget of Białystok state though that all submitted projects have to be compatible with law, third party rights (including property rights), as well as with the adopted plans, strategies and programs of the City of Białystok.(3)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Local actors developed the project proposal on their own initiative.
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
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
Unknown
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
The participatory budget of Białystok. (1)
Co-finance for NBS
No
Co-financing governance arrangements
No
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Financing
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
41.750 PLN (around 9 700 EUR)
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)
41.750 PLN (around 9 700 EUR).(1)
Source(s) of funding
Type of fund(s) used
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Type of innovation
Please specify social innovation
A cultural innovation that combines ecologic and therapeutic elements within a project that aims at supporting the mental and physical health of disadvantaged groups for the first time in the area.(1)(3)
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Description of environmental benefits
The project has never been implemented.
Economic impacts
Description of economic benefits
The project has never been implemented.
Social and cultural impacts
Description of social and cultural benefits
The project has never been implemented.
Type of reported impacts
Indicators
The project has never been implemented.
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
COVID-19 pandemic
Not applicable. The project has never been implemented.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
No
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
No
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No
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
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Ref.4 Project description and plans (3.53 MB) 3.53 MB
List of references
1. Project description, 'Project nr 23' (Projekt nr 23.) https://arch.um.bialystok.pl/1270-opisy-projektow-zakwalifikowanych/default.aspx (Accessed: 13 August 2017). Link not available in 2020.
2. http://bialystok.naszemiasto.pl, (2015), 'Contest 'I live here'. Vote for garden for hortiterapy' ('Konkurs Mieszkam Tu. Zagłosuj na ogród do hortiterapii'), http://bialystok.naszemiasto.pl/artykul/konkurs-mieszkam-tu-zaglosuj-na-ogrod-do-hortiterapii,3344311,art,t,id,tm.html (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
3. City Council website, 'The rules of the participatory budget' ('Zasady') http://budzet.um.bialystok.pl/pl/budzet/zasady.html (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
4. See attachment: http://atlas.naturvation.eu/sites/default/files/nbs/files/bialystok_maly.pdf
Comments and notes
Comments
RE:4. No, I selected 'unknown', because I don't know which projects/plans/strategies (if any) were taken into account by the social actors who developed the project proposal. (Updated in 2017)
Public Images
Image
Horticulture therapy in Białystok
Horticulture therapy in Białystok
Source: http://atlas.naturvation.eu/sites/default/files/nbs/files/bialystok_maly.pdf
Image
Horticulture therapy in Białystok visualisation
Horticulture therapy in Białystok visualisation
Source: https://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/serwis/mieszkam-tu-2015/nominacje/69165.html