1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Portsmouth
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
Southsea Green community green-space
Short description of the intervention
Southsea Green community garden was developed from a derelict strip of land, to encourage more local growing and spread the message about gardening and volunteering. With time, the garden has transformed into a community green-space (1). Southsea Greenhouse is a collective of gardeners and crafters. The Greenhouse Community Co-operative is transforming wasteland into a community garden and re-investing profits from sales of produce and crafts, back into the local community. Community events and workshops are offered to encourage sharing of local skills and resources, foster a love of the city’s greenspace, and care for wildlife. (3)
Address

Southsea Green Canoe Lake
Southsea
Portsmouth
PO4 9RF
United Kingdom

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 (-1.070107 50.781523)
POINT (-1.069984 50.781526)
POINT (-1.069836 50.782253)
POINT (-1.069934 50.782268)
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Previous derelict area
Website of the intervention
https://southseagreen.uk/index.html
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
unknown
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
unknown
End date of the intervention
2014
Present stage of the intervention
Completed
Goals of the intervention
1. Creation of a garden from a derelict strip of land -transforming wasteland into a community garden (1)
2. Encourage more local food growing (2)
3. Re-investing profits from sales of produce and crafts, back into the local community (3)
4. Raise awareness about the value of volunteering and promote it as a viable activity (2)
5. Encourage local development and employment (3)
Quantitative targets
unknown
Monitoring indicators defined
unknown
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Green space creation and/or management
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Conversion of former industrial areas
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Social cohesion
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 consumption
Sustainable production
Implementation activities
- Creation of a garden from a derelict strip of land by transforming wasteland into a community garden (1)
- Organisation of community events (2)
- Setting up a small shop selling locally produced items, art and craft (2)
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Transformation of previously derelict areas
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
Unknown
Vegetation Type
Flower beds
Garden beds
Amenities offered by the NBS
Benches and drinking water stations
Complementing infrastructure (bathrooms, café)
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Inspiration for culture, art and design
Recreation
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Marginalized groups
Marginalized groups
Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
Governance
Governance arrangements
Led by non-government actors
Non-government actors
Non-governmental organisation (NGO) / Civil society / Churches
Citizens or community groups
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
The South Green Community Co-operative initiated the transformation of the wasteland into a community garden (1) The Portsmouth City Council Parks Department supported the initiative (2)
Key actors - initiating organization
Citizens or community group
Land owners
Public space owned by the city
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Private foundation/trust
Transnational network
Citizens or community group
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)
Dissemination of information and education
Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
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)
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
1. The skillshops have used European funding to bring handicrafts and gardening skills to local people who are unemployed or disadvantaged, to improve their confidence and skills. Southsea Greenhouse aims to encourage local development and employment (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
Not applicable
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
EU funds
Private Foundation/Trust
Type of fund(s) used
Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Business models
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
Social
Economic innovation
Governance innovation
Please specify social innovation
Southsea Greenhouse aims to encourage local development and employment: skillshops at the community garden to bring handicrafts and gardening skills to local people who are unemployed or disadvantaged, to improve their confidence and skills. It is a social enterprise model (ref 3).
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
Green space and habitat
Promotion of naturalistic styles of landscape design for urban development
Increased green space area
Restoration of derelict areas
Description of environmental benefits
- With the transformation of the former derelict strip of land into a community garden, the size of green spaces in the are has increased (2)
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 opportunities for social interaction
Increased access to healthy/affordable food
Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
Health and wellbeing
Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
Description of social and cultural benefits
- The community garden welcomes volunteers bringing urban food production closed to them (2)
- Plot owners in the community garden can produce their own food empowering them and showing the benefits of vegetable growing. (2)
- The association also started a vegetable box initiative where although not only vegetables grown in the garden but coming from other local sustainable sources are sold to residents increasing their access to healthy food (2)
- Workshops and cultural events such as exhibitions are organised for locals thus engaging them in social events and building community ties (2)
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Indicators
Unknown
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
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
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 November 2020
Methods of impact monitoring
Process of recording NBS impacts
No evidence in public records
Methods used to evaluate the impacts of NBS
Unknown
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
Unknown
Citizens involvement in the analysis of the assessment/evaluation
Unknown
Follow-up to the evaluation / assessment
Unknown
References
Web links relevant to the intervention
food website portsmouth
About Southsea Green
Social enterprise cluster Prospectus 2015/16.
List of references
1. Food Portsmouth. (2017). Southsea Green. Accessed on November 12, 2020, http://www.foodportsmouth.org/case-studies/
2. Southsea Green. (n.d). Accessed on November 12, 2020, https://southseagreen.uk/aboutus.html
3. Social enterprise cluster. (n.d). Prospectus 2015/16. Website not available
Comments and notes
Public Images
Southsea Green
Source: http://www.foodportsmouth.org/case-studies/