1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Córdoba
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Huerto Fuensanta
Short description of the intervention
The neighbours of the Fuensanta in Cordoba recovered an abandoned public plot of the old Fuensanta’s cinema transforming it into a social and ecological vegetable garden (Ref 1), occasionally used to play soccer and used as a dog park previously (Ref. 3). "All the activities were free of charge, coordinated by volunteers and consisted of: a walk around the neighbourhood, a building recycled furniture workshop, an urban vegetable gardens workshop and urbanism for children workshop. All of them took place in the plot and the creation of a vegetable garden was the most popular activity." (Ref 1)
Address

Huerto Fuensanta, Calle Hernando de Magallanes
14010 Cordoba
Spain

Location
The NBS is situated in an area, with clear delineation of boundaries and a specific shape (polygon). The NBS project can also have more than one area location (more than one polygon, situated close by).
Area boundary
POINT (-4.76279 37.884227)
POINT (-4.762638 37.884229)
POINT (-4.762787 37.884095)
POINT (-4.762606 37.884092)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Ref. 4
Total area
1000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Public Greenspace Area
Other
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
Abandoned public plot of the old Fuensanta's cinema (Ref. 1), occasionally used to play soccer and as a dog park (Ref. 3)
Website of the intervention
https://www.facebook.com/HuertoFuensanta/
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2012
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2012
End date of the intervention
2014
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Please specify "other" stage of the intervention
"In October 2012, #UrbanismoDeBarrio together with the neighbours decided to independently recover the public plot of the old Fuensanta’s cinema and transform it into Fuensanta’s vegetable garden. In spring 2013, a crowdfunding campaign in Goteo.org was iniciated to obtain the necessary resources to ensure the project’s continuity."(Ref 1)
-"Eighteen months later, the Fuensanta’s vegetable garden is the neighbourhood’s pride and a project model for the rest of the city. The neighbours took over the management and the integration in the daily activities of the district is complete."(Ref 1)
Goals of the intervention
The Fuensanta Garden aims to promote:
-Healthy eating & lifestyle (Ref. 3)
-Collective work (Ref. 3,4)
-Sustainable models of consumption and production (Ref. 3)
-Knowledge exchange with other local communities (Ref. 3,4)
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Inclusive governance
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Environmental education
Social cohesion
Social interaction
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Improving physical health
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Preservation of historic traditions
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable consumption
Sustainable production
Implementation activities
"All the activities were free of charge, coordinated by volunteers and consisted of: a walk around the neighbourhood, a building recycled furniture workshop, an urban vegetable gardens workshop and a urbanism for children workshop. All of them took place in the plot and the creation of a vegetable garden was the most popular activity." (Ref 1)
School gardens; orchard visits; comprehensive recycling; DIY workshops; gastronomic workshops; food education workshops; agrarian education workshops; workshops for artisanal creations of tools (Ref. 4)
Collaboration with other organizations: ARBA (Association for the reforestation of native forests) (Rural reforestation); Civic centers; Educational centers; Dionisio Ortiz School of Art; Organization of activities in the Congress of Wisdom and Knowledge; Literary workshops with Aprosub-Montilla; ONCE (Sensory activities with disabled people); IPEP; ABB Córdoba (Recycling of solid wood waste for use in educational centers (Ref. 4)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Transformation of previously derelict areas
Knowledge creation and awareness raising
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Community gardens and allotments
Community gardens
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
1
Vegetation Type
Garden beds
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Regulating services
Mediation of smell / noise / visual impacts
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Cultural services
Recreation
Mental and physical health and wellbeing
Intellectual interactions (scientific and / or educational)
Physical and experiential interactions with plants and animals
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
Non-government organisation/Civil Society
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)
Other
Please specify "other primary beneficiary"
educational centers (Ref 4)
Marginalized groups
People with functional diversities
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Non-governmental organisation (NGO) / Civil society / Churches
Citizens or community groups
Social enterprise
Coalition with multiple of the above
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
"UrbanismoDeBarrio” is a project by Colaborativa.eu and Tercera Piel Arquitectura –in collaboration with numerous architects, individuals, collectives and social agents– to recover abandoned public plots by the neighbours taking firsthand action."(Ref 1)

Roles:
• Gardeners: neighbours. (Ref. 1)
• Motivators, gardeners and campaign managers: Colaborativa.eu. (Ref. 1)
• Activities’ organizers: many neighbourhood’s collectives. (Ref. 1)
• Collaborators: schools and colleges of the district. (Ref. 1)
• Co-financiers: more than 60 people (via Crowdfunding on Goteo). (Ref. 1,3)

"The neighbors of the Fuensanta in Cordoba are recovering an abandoned public lot to transform it into a social and ecological garden."(Ref 3)

“Since September 2012 a group of about 20 residents of Fuensanta have met every Monday to build the garden." (Ref 3)
Key actors - initiating organization
Non-government organisation/civil society
Citizens or community group
District/neighbourhood association
Social enterprise
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Please specify other Key actors - Other stakeholders involved
Architects (Ref. 1); educational centers in Cordoba (Ref. 4)
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Public sector institution
Non-government organisation/civil society
Researchers/university
Citizens or community group
District/neighbourhood association
Social enterprise
Other
Please specify other participatory methods
Co-financiers: more than 60 people (via Crowdfunding on Goteo). (Ref. 1,3)
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
Taskforce groups
Dissemination of information and education
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Co-management/Joint management
Citizen oversight (e.g. boards, advisory)
Citizen science
Other
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
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Voluntary community initiative (Ref. 1-4)
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
Yes
Please specify
"UrbanismoDeBarrio” is a project by Colaborativa.eu and Tercera Piel Arquitectura –in collaboration with numerous architects, individuals, collectives and social agents" (Ref. 1)
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
Unknown
Co-finance for NBS
Yes
Co-financing governance arrangements
Yes
Co-governance arrangement
Other
Please specify other co-financing type
Co-financiers: more than 60 people (via Crowdfunding on Goteo). (Ref. 1,3)
Was this co-governance arrangement already in place, or was it set up specifically for this NBS?
Set up specifically for this NBS
Financing
Total cost
Less than €10,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
(Ref 3)
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)
875 euros through crowd-funding (Ref 3)
Source(s) of funding
Crowdfunding
Type of fund(s) used
Donations
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of land
Provision of goods
Provision of labour
Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Business models
Green densification model
Local stewardship model
Please specify other environmental impact
Sustainable consumption and production (Ref. 1-4)
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Social
Economic innovation
Governance innovation
Cultural innovation
Please specify social innovation
"We want to improve our neighborhood through an initiative that promotes healthy eating, teamwork of neighbors and new, more sustainable models. Our love for nature and good ecological habits moves us. Through the Fuensanta Garden we want to create a place of reference for other local communities to provide our experience and knowledge to recover abandoned public spaces of our city.
El Huerto Fuensanta is aimed at all those people interested in leading a healthy life and who wish to improve their closest environment through collective work" (Ref 3)
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is copied/derived from previous initiative(s) with substantial adaptation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
"On the one hand, the Fuensanta orchard is made up of nature lovers and organic food with previous experience in participating in collective orchards in Cordoba, such as the orchards of La Rehuerta, the Agroecological Cooperative "La Acequia" and the Asomadilla. "(Ref 3)
Replicability/Transferability
Ambiguous (e.g. multiple interpretations)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
"Through the Fuensanta Garden we want to create a place of reference for other local communities to provide our experience and knowledge to recover abandoned public spaces of our city. " (Ref. 3) "Eighteen months later, the Fuensanta’s vegetable garden is the neighbourhood’s pride and a project model for the rest of the city" (Ref 1)
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Environmental quality
Improved waste management
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Restoration of derelict areas
Other
Description of environmental benefits
Restored derelict plot to ecological vegetable garden (Ref. 1-4)
Comprehensive recycling; DIY workshops (Ref. 4)
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
Unknown
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved social cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
Increased access to healthy/affordable food
Health and wellbeing
Improved physical health
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Improvement in people’s connection to nature
Protection of natural heritage
Protection of historic and cultural landscape / infrastructure
Increased sense of place identity, memory and belonging
Increased awareness of flora and fauna as culturally and historically meaningful
Education
Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
Description of social and cultural benefits
"The Fuensanta’s vegetable garden has consolidated as an example of citizen management of a public space in Cordoba thanks to the team work and generosity of many people, collectives and communities. It has also became a good social integration tool in the neighbourhood promoting social relationships between generations and healthy habits such as healthy diet and physical activity."(Ref 1)

"Eighteen months later, the Fuensanta’s vegetable garden is the neighbourhood’s pride and a project model for the rest of the city" (Ref 1)

El Huerto Fuensanta is aimed at all those people interested in leading a healthy life and who wish to improve their closest environment through collective work" (Ref 3)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Creation of urban garden (Ref. 1-4); Environmental educational activities (Ref. 1,3,4);
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
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
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
Please specify other method used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
“Since September 2012 a group of about 20 residents of Fuensanta have met every Monday to build the garden." (Ref 3)
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
According to the Facebook page, it seems as if the space use was halted momentarily during Covid-19 (as there were posts related to giving 'virtual walks' of the garden). Operations resumed again (date unknown), as there was a post related to a garden visit in June. (Ref. 5)
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Collection of monitoring data at specific time intervals during the project to aid evaluation
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Other
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
No evidence in public records
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
Other
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
“Since September 2012 a group of about 20 residents of Fuensanta have met every Monday to build the garden." (Ref 3)
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Ref. 1 Details about the project's goals and plan
Ref. 2 Wikipedia page
Ref. 3 Goteo crowdfunding page
Ref. 5 Facebook page
"UrbanismoDeBarrio"collaboration to recover abandoned public lands in Cordoba
Video on the purpose of the "Huerto Fuentansa"
Documents relevant to the intervention
Attachment Size
Ref. 4 Information about the NGO "Huerto Solidario Fuensanta" (926.43 KB) 926.43 KB
List of references
1. Colaborativa.eu. (n.d). #UrbanismoDeBarrio. Colaborativa.eu. Available at: http://colaborativa.eu/en/projects/urbanismodebarrio/ [Accessed: 12 September 2020].
2. Anon. (2015). Huerto Fuensanta. Wikipedia. Available at: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huerto_Fuensanta [Accessed: 12 September 2020].
3. Equipo del Huerto Fuensanta (2013). Un huerto social y ecológico en el barrio de la Fuensanta. Goteo. Available at: https://www.goteo.org/project/huerto-fuensanta [Accessed: 12 September 2020].
4. Anon. (n.d). Huerto Solidario Fuensanta. [Document provided].
5. Huerto Solidario Fuensanta. (n.d.). Huerto Solidario Fuensanta. Facebook page. Available at: https://www.facebook.com/HuertoFuensanta/ [Accessed: 12 September 2020].
Comments and notes
Comments
2020 comments:
Section 4: Enablers "Concept": On previous NBS interventions regarding urban parks, the city has intentionally implemented community gardens in their newest parks (Parque de la Asomadilla and Miraflores Parque) and the city is part of the organization of workshops (in the urban parks). Therefore, the city may have some strategy to develop community gardens and urban gardening in the city.
Additional insights
Blog of the association: http://hurbanofuensanta.wixsite.com/huerto/blog/page/1 [Not available in 2020]
Facebook page and their own website that proposes events of workshops, presentations, and also the whole community can post pictures and comments of their own contribution to the garden. (https://www.facebook.com/HuertoFuensanta/ )
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Fuensanta 1
Urban vegetable garden workshop
Source: Ref. 1
Fuensanta 2
Abandoned public plot of the old Fuensanta's cinema
Source: Ref. 1
Fuensanta 3
Preparing for Fuensanta's festivity
Source: Ref. 1
Fuensanta 4
Sign for Fuensanta's Vegetable Garden
Source: Ref. 1
Fuensanta 5
Source: Ref. 3
Fuensanta 6
Source: Ref. 3