1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Lille
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Mosaïc Le jardin des culture
Short description of the intervention
This project was created on the occasion of Lille being the European Culture Capital in 2004. The Park of the Deule was designed to connect the city of Lille with the old mining industry areas along the Deule River. The graphic inscription is a landscape guided by the necessities of topography and control of water (Ref 1). Mosaïc has an area of 33 ha gardens with a pond, woods, and landscapes. Each garden mixes botanical, art and rare domestic animals (Ref 2). The park got the National Landscape Award in 2006 (Ref 4).
Address

103 Rue Guy Mocquet
Houplin-Ancoisne
59263 Lille
France

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 (2.97927 50.581097)
POINT (2.982145 50.580754)
POINT (2.980609 50.577858)
POINT (2.986471 50.575134)
POINT (2.980709 50.571678)
POINT (2.976182 50.575576)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
Google maps. Available at: https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Mosaic+of+Cultures+garden/@50.5769361,2.9764106,1156m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47dd2b47784367f3:0x273b36c8d45daaf4!8m2!3d50.5773271!4d2.9785342. Accessed on 5th August, 2020.
Total area
330000.00m²
NBS area
330000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Unknown
Website of the intervention
http://www.enlm.fr/home/m/les-dix-jardins.html
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
unknown
End date of the intervention
2004
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
• To connect the city of Lille with the old mining industry areas along the Deule river (Ref 1).
• To build a park with 21st-century modest facilities and architecture (Ref 2).
• To create a park with several gardens representing different countries (Ref 3).
• To create an urban green space (Ref 1).
• To provide habitats for species (Ref 2).
• To attract tourists (Ref 1,2).
• To create a space for leisure (Ref 1,2).
The project aimed at creating contemporary gardens that pay homage and represent the origins of migrants living in the Lille metropolis (Ref 1,2,3).
Quantitative targets
Create 10 diversified gardens in 33 different plots (Ref 2,4)
Monitoring indicators defined
Number of trees planted, number of tourists per day (Ref 1)
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
Tourism support
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Promotion of cultural diversity
Implementation activities
At MOSAÏC, ten contemporary gardens pay homage to the origins of migrants living in the Lille metropolis, by harmoniously combining botany, works of art and rare domestic animals. Each of them was produced by a team of landscapers and visual artists, following calls for international projects. The 10 gardens to discover: Jardin des figiers, Loukoum Garden, Les terrasses de la Méditerranée; The Garden of Pierre Auvente; First garden; The Quinta of delights; Rain Garden; Woven garden; Africa Mama Island; Dragon Garden. The project has been led by the LMCU Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine. They jointly worked with the AWP architecture team to divide the area to 33 different plots. Each of the plots has gardens inspired by different countries (North Africa, West Africa, Central Europe, etc.). The garden has been designed taking care of the landscape and water usage. (Ref 1,2,3)
The park arranges creative workshops for parent-children co-activity. (Ref 3)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
NBS domain and interventions
Ecological domain(s) where the NBS intervention(s) is/are implemented
Parks and urban forests
Large urban parks or forests
Vegetation Type
Grass
Shrubs
Trees
Flower beds
Garden beds
Please specify how many trees were planted
Unknown
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Playgrounds
Educational or biodiversity trails
Cultural (museum, concert areas)
Complementing infrastructure (bathrooms, café)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Water (surface and ground water for drinking and non-drinking purposes)
Regulating services
Carbon storage/sequestration
Habitat and supporting services
Habitats for species
Maintenance of genetic diversity
Cultural services
Tourism
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Recreation
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Marginalized groups
Refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants
People with functional diversities
Governance
Governance arrangements
Government-led
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
PROJECT LED BY: LMCU Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine, PROJECT DESIGNED BY: AWP Architecture, ENGINEERING: JNC International (Ref 1)
Key actors - initiating organization
Local government/municipality
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Private sector/corporate actor/company
Private foundation/trust
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Participatory methods/forms of community involvement used
Citizen science
Policy drivers
NBS intervention implemented in response to an Regional Directive/Strategy
Yes
Please specify the "Regional Directive/Strategy"
This project was created on the occasion of Lille being the European Culture Capital in 2004. (Ref 1)
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"
The project was a result of Lille chosen as the European Culture Capital by "Palmer report" in 2004. The "Palmer report" demonstrated that the choice of European Capital of Culture served as a catalyst for the cultural development and the transformation of the city. In response the project has been implemented (Ref 1)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Mandatory (based on policy)
Intervention is mandatory
Spatial planning guidance
Enablers
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS vision/strategy/plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Please specify
The project was a result of Lille chosen as the European Culture Capital by "Palmer report" in 2004. The "Palmer report" demonstrated that the choice of European Capital of Culture served as a catalyst for the cultural development and the transformation of the city. In response the project has been implemented (Ref 1)
Presence of specific city-level GI/NBS section/part in a more general plan - mentioned in connection to the project
Unknown
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
The Plan for the Mosaic Community Garden (Ref 1)
Presence of city network or regional partnerships focused on NBS - mentioned in connection to the project
Yes
Please specify
Metropolitan Natural Space: in supporting of the tourism (Ref 4)
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
LMCU Lille Métropole Communauté Urbaine: The city council directly subsidized a portion of the project (Ref 1)
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?
Set up specifically for this NBS
Financing
Total cost
€50,000 - €100,000
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)
100,000 euro (Ref 1)
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of land
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
Business models
Green densification model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Type of innovation
Social
Cultural innovation
Please specify social innovation
An open space has been designed and converted into a park with 21st-century art and infrastructures with a different variety of tree plantation from different countries. The park symbolizes different community present in the city of Lille. Each part of the park has been designed based on the different country theme (Ref 1,2)
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
Climate change
Enhanced carbon sequestration
Green space and habitat
Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
Increased green space area
Reduced biodiversity loss
Increased number of species present
Description of environmental benefits
The park won the National Landscape Grand prize in 2006 for promoting naturalistic styles of urban green space development. It hosts a diverse species of plants including trees, shrubs, flowering plants and garden beds, most of which are very efficient in carbon storage and help in keeping the urban biodiversity high. (Ref 1, 2)
Economic impacts
More sustainable tourism
Generation of income from NBS
Description of economic benefits
The park attracts national and foreign tourists and provides a place for sustainable tourism. Also, the park has an entry fee (REf 1).
Social and cultural impacts
Social justice and cohesion
Improved access to urban green space
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
Increased awareness of NBS and their benefits
Description of social and cultural benefits
Several discovery walks and workshops are offered in the main Mosaïc parks, the Prés du Hem, the Open Air Museum, but also within the three Relais Nature sites. Educational workshops for schoolchildren are also designed by our teams of facilitators. The goal is to become fully aware of the richness of our local biodiversity in order to be able to protect it. In addition, the park organizes activities including water rides and guided tours (Ref 1).
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
33 different plots have been converted to 10 different gardens representing 10 different county ecosystem. (Ref 4)
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
Analysis of specific impact categories
Negative impacts: Did the project cause any problems or concerns?
No information was found regarding negative impacts of the project
COVID-19 pandemic
Since July 4, 2020, MOSAÏC, the garden of cultures has resumed most of its activities. From August 3, 2020, wearing a mask is compulsory, including outdoors from 11 years old and recommended for children 6 to 10 years old. These measures complement the obligation already in progress to wear the mask in closed spaces open to the public from 6 years old. (Ref 1)
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
Observation (including virtual surveillance methods)
Evidence for use of assessment
Presence of an assessment, evaluation and/or monitoring process
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
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
Questionnaire
Focus Group
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Yes
Please specify
The theme of the park is based on the different communities present in the city. The evaluation of the park is very much on the citizens. The authority organizes different survey where the citizens get involved in assessing the park. Also, the visitors (who are not local citizens) are encouraged to participate in the survey. (Ref 2)
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Yes
Please specify
Citizens are asked questions on their expectations and satisfaction with the park. Based on this survey the monitoring authority is responsible for making necessary changes within the park. (Ref 4)
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
Lille Metropole
Mosaic garden facebook page
List of references
1. Mosaïc Le jardin des culture. Lille Metropole. URL: http://www.enlm.fr/home/m/visite-et-visite-guidee.html. Accessed on 6th August, 2020.
2. Lille Mosaic Community Garden. AWP Projects. URL: http://www.awp.fr/project/lille-mosaic/. Accessed on 6th August, 2020.
3. The Mosaic Park. Tourists office of Seclin and surroundings. URL: https://www.seclin-tourisme.fr/visiter/en-famille/le-parc-mosa%C3%AFc/. Accessed on 6th August, 2020.
4. Case studies summaries. Culture and urban regeneration. Pg 16. URL: http://www.mdrl.ro/urbactII/urbact/projects/cultural_activities/UC-EtudesCas.pdf. Accessed on 6th August, 2020.
5. European Capital of Culture Wikipedia page. Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Capital_of_Culture. Accessed on 6th August, 2020.
Additional comments
(a) The park is also labeled "Tourisme & handicap" for motor, hearing and mental disabilities (Ref 4).
(b) A European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union (EU) for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension. Preparing a European Capital of Culture can be an opportunity for the city to generate considerable cultural, social and economic benefits and it can help foster urban regeneration, change the city's image and raise its visibility and profile on an international scale.
Comments and notes
Comments
It was very difficult to get the information on the park. I couldn't find data on the policy implications.
Additional insights
• The garden is trying to restore 10 different ecosystems of different countries (Ref 4):
• the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula
• North Africa
• France
• Mediterranean terraces
• Africa Mama island
• Eastern Mediterranean
• Central Europe
• Asia
• England
• Ireland
Public Images
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
Source: http://www.awp.fr/project/lille-mosaic/
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
Source: http://www.awp.fr/project/lille-mosaic/
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
LILLE MOSAIC COMMUNITY GARDEN
Source: http://www.awp.fr/project/lille-mosaic/