1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
1. Creating a space for exchange and learning about the local production of food, biological diversity, sustainable consumption, sustainable resources use to foster concepts for the future-oriented neighbourhood and urban development (Ref. 1)
2. Nature, environmental and landscape conservation and protection (Ref. 1 and 9)
3. Increase of citizen engagement for communal and charitable purposes (Ref. 1)
4. Create a place of support for youth and elderly people (Ref. 1)
5. Fostering biodiversity in urban areas (9)
6. Promote local stewardship among citizens (1)
2. Nature, environmental and landscape conservation and protection (Ref. 1 and 9)
3. Increase of citizen engagement for communal and charitable purposes (Ref. 1)
4. Create a place of support for youth and elderly people (Ref. 1)
5. Fostering biodiversity in urban areas (9)
6. Promote local stewardship among citizens (1)
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
Unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Implementation activities
Since 2011 neighbours and volunteers have turned a brownfield of 2,000 sqm into 50 high beds and greenhouses with vegetables and herbs. Everybody can join the activities like sowing, planting, harvesting, processing and conserving of the vegetables, bee-keeping, poultry raising and the development of new cultivation methods (Ref. 8).
The old nursery Toepel was revived in 2013. On 3 fields over 100 different vegetables, seedlings and fruits are grown in 3 greenhouses, in addition to a herbs garden, eatable hedges, a place for experimentation and 14 bee colonies. 35 consumers and restaurant owners are supplied with the product which is also sold on a weekly market. The nursery is also a training enterprise (Ref. 7).
In 2015 an additional orchard area was added to the project. On a former station, an urban orchard on 3,400 sqm (regional and indigenous fruits) was implemented, complemented by location-adapted wild meadows, grasslands and herbs providing important habitats (Ref. 9).
The old nursery Toepel was revived in 2013. On 3 fields over 100 different vegetables, seedlings and fruits are grown in 3 greenhouses, in addition to a herbs garden, eatable hedges, a place for experimentation and 14 bee colonies. 35 consumers and restaurant owners are supplied with the product which is also sold on a weekly market. The nursery is also a training enterprise (Ref. 7).
In 2015 an additional orchard area was added to the project. On a former station, an urban orchard on 3,400 sqm (regional and indigenous fruits) was implemented, complemented by location-adapted wild meadows, grasslands and herbs providing important habitats (Ref. 9).
Type of NBS project
3. NBS domains, ES and scale
4. Governance and financing
5. Innovation
Type of innovation
Novelty level of the innovation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The initiative differs from other community garden initiatives through its continuous development and expansion into new areas of the city, adding new project components, such as the orchard in 2015. One of these components is for example the development of an experimental lab which explores which vegetables crops are especially suited for growth in urban environments, how to redevelop deserted open space or the development of energy and resource-saving systems (Ref. 3).
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
