1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Lille
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Le Jardin des (Re)trouvailles
Short description of the intervention
The Garden of (Re) Finds, was born in Lille in 1997. It is the first "community garden", directly inspired by the model of the gardens New York, which was created in France (Ref 1). There is an organic vegetable garden, a scented hill, a rainwater harvesting system, a regional hedge of regional species, a compost corner and a convivial shelter in corded wood and vegetal roof (Ref 2).
Address

11 rue Montesquieu
Moulins district
59000 Lille
France

Location
Point location, which indicates where the NBS takes place
Total area
910.00m²
NBS area
910.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Other
Please specify “other type of area” before implementation of the NBS
Waste disposal area
Website of the intervention
http://www.jardinons-ensemble.org/spip.php?article1205
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
1997
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
1997
End date of the intervention
1997
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
The goals were (a) to create an urban green space; (b) to engage the local community in gardening; (c) to produce locally grown food; (d) to help to develop and maintaining biodiversity; (e) to contribute in climate change mitigation (Ref 1, 2).
Quantitative targets
Unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
number of people visiting the garden, amount of food produced, number of seedlings planted in each season (Ref 1,2)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Climate change mitigation
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Habitat and biodiversity conservation
Green space creation and/or management
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Enabling opportunities for physical activity
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Economic development: agriculture
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable production
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Sequester and store carbon
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Increase green urban nature for carbon storage (wetlands, tree cover)
Raise public awareness of behaviours, lifestyle and cultural changes with mitigation potential
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What types of conservation goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
Ecosystem-focused
Habitats and biodiversity conservation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
Protect and enhance urban habitats
Create new habitats
Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
Protect species
Undertake specific measures to protect species
Undertake specific measures to protect native species
Implementation activities
AJONC, the association for the community garden helped interested people find a wasteland available to create a garden. The association made the link with the City of Lille for the provision of the land. It then mobilized the inhabitants and organized the concertation by privileging participative management. An organic vegetable garden, a scent mound, a rainwater collection system, a country hedge of regional species, a compost were installed (Ref 1).
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Ecological restoration of ecosystems
Transformation of previously derelict areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Parks and urban forests
Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
Community gardens and allotments
Community gardens
Please specify the number of plots or allotment gardens
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Other
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Please specify other amenities offered by the NBS
Areas for gathering and community meeting and/or consultation (Ref 3)
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Other
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Regulating services
Local climate regulation (temperature reduction)
Carbon storage/sequestration
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Maintenance of genetic diversity
Cultural services
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Sub-microscale: Street scale (including buildings)
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Marginalized groups
Elderly people
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Non-governmental organisation (NGO) / Civil society / Churches
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
(a) l’Association des Jardins Ouverts et Néanmoins Clôturés, LES AJONC : in developing the garden
(b) The city of Lille: owns the land
(c) JTSE network: in support of community garden (Ref 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
Non-government organisation/civil society
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Non-government organisation/civil society
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Co-management/Joint management
Citizen monitoring and review
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
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
Lille city 'Urban Renewal' project plan (Ref 4)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Locally grown food production and encourage local community in urban green space (Ref 1,3)
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Lille city 'Urban Renewal' project plan (Ref 3)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Urban redevelopment plan
Please specify other vegetation type
Vegetable patches
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
National Gardening and Citizenship Forum: American and Canadian associations have come to show their gardens and explain how they work. From there, the first experiments began on the community garden in Lille (Ref 1).
Subsidies/investment for GI / NBS in the city - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
JTSE network: in support of community garden, The City of Lille (Ref 2,3)
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
Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
Crowdfunding
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Donations
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of land
Provision of goods
Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Other
Business models
Local stewardship model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Private non-for-profit actor (e.g. NGO, foundation)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Technological
Product innovation
Please specify technological innovation
A derelict area has been transformed into a community garden. Locals were encouraged to participate in food production, urban green space, and biodiversity development (Ref 1).
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is copied/derived from previous initiative(s) without substantial adaptation
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
Directly inspired by the model of the gardens New York, which was created in France (Ref 1).
Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Climate change
Lowered local temperature
Enhanced carbon sequestration
Green space and habitat
Increased green space area
Reduced biodiversity loss
Increased number of species present
Restoration of derelict areas
Description of environmental benefits
The place was created by turning a vacant waste disposal site into a green space for the local community to engage. The garden plays as an effective green spot within the neighbourhood and controls the local climate by reducing the air temperature and storing carbon. It allows locals to practice organic farming. Most of the water needed comes from the rainwater collection system. It serves as a good place for biodiversities such as aromatic plants adorned with insect hotels and a small pond, a fenced area with a beehive (Ref 1, 2, 3).
Economic impacts
Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)
Description of economic benefits
Many locals and people from near neighbouhood areas come and grow their food in their assigned plots (Ref 3).
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved social cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
Increased opportunities for social interaction
Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
Increased access to healthy/affordable food
Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Cultural heritage and sense of place
Improvement in people’s connection to nature
Increased awareness of flora and fauna as culturally and historically meaningful
Education
Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Description of social and cultural benefits
The community garden not only gives the locals to produce their own healthy food but also plays an important role to provide them with a commonplace to interact and create social ties. The garden holds some activities including elderly people and children. Also, weekly consultations with the members and gardeners help people connect more and share their own ideas and knowledge about the flora and fauna present. It also provides a place for relaxation and entertainment (Ref 1, 3).
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Amount of food produced, number of citizens involved, number of seedlings planted in each season (Ref 1,3)
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Climate action for adaptation, resilience and mitigation (SDG 13)
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
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 ...
Positive distribution of NBS benefits
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 August, 2020.
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
Collection of monitoring data continuously throughout the project to aid evaluation
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Focus groups
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
Focus Group
Other
Please specify other modes of citizen involvement in evaluation/assessment
Citizens are encouraged to participate and evaluate the performance of the garden and also in producing food (Ref 3).
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Yes
Please specify
Citizens are directly involved in the assessment by organizing community meetings and get-together (Ref 3).
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Yes
Please specify
Based on the meeting, the authority and the involved citizens take decisions on the management of the garden (Ref 3).
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
AJONC
AJONC Facebook page
List of references
1. The community gardens in Lille. Grain of gardens network. Available at: http://www.jardinons-ensemble.org/spip.php?article1205. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
2. Le Jardin des (Re)trouvailles. Ville de Lille. Available at: http://www.lille.fr/Nos-equipements/Jardin-des-retrouvailles. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
3. AJONC, l’Association des Jardins Ouverts et Néanmoins Clôturés. Available at: https://mres-asso.org/Amis-des-Jardins-Ouverts-et-neanmoins-clotures?lang=fr. accessed on 13th August, 2020.
4. In Lille, a garden shared by and for the inhabitants. Available at: https://reporterre.net/A-Lille-un-jardin-partage-par-et. accessed on 13th August, 2020.
Comments and notes
Pictures of the NBS
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Public Images
Jardin des trouvailles
Jardin des trouvailles
Jardin des trouvailles Facebook page. Source: https://www.facebook.com/jardindesretrouvailles/
Please specify other source of non-financial contribution
Community group