1. General information
Location and description of the intervention
City or FUA
Poznań
Region
Europe
Native title of the NBS intervention
winnice Poznania
Short description of the intervention
The aim of the project was to plant many varieties of vines on flood embankments of the southern tip of Ostrow Tumski on a stretch of 1 km. Grapes would be free of charge, as the idea of the project was to set up a community garden where the effects of the citizens’ work would be available long-term and publicly accessible [1]. In 2014 the project was in a pilot stage which resulted in a successful application for funds from the participatory budget in 2016. Despite the awarded money, the project has never been implemented, hence the applicants (Foundation “Vineyards of Poznan”) pressed charges against City Hall. Today, the project is still in the initial form from its pilot phase [9].
Address

Ostrów Tumski 60-101
Poznan
Poland

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 (16.945692 52.415479)
POINT (16.952902 52.424587)
NBS area image
Source of NBS area image
https://www.google.pl/maps/place/%C5%9Awi%C4%99tego+Wincentego+7,+61-003+Pozna%C5%84/@52.4190126,16.9394266,1540m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x47045b686a842841:0x1e17da3eac424a13!8m2!3d52.416477!4d16.9483423?hl=pl&authuser=0
Total area
1000.00m²
NBS area
1000.00m²
Type of area before implementation of the NBS
Cultural Heritage Area
Public Greenspace Area
Central Business District / City Centre
Website of the intervention
http://facebook.com/WinnicePoznania
Timeline of intervention
Start date of the intervention (planning process)
2014
Start date of intervention (implementation process)
2015
End date of the intervention
unknown
Present stage of the intervention
Planned, but cancelled
Goals of the intervention
Establishing a community garden created by residents for residents, in which the effects of their work will be year-round, long-term and available to the public [4].
Quantitative targets
To plant a variety of vines (around 100 perennials) on the 1km stretch of the flood embankment of the southern tip of Ostrow Tumski in Poznan [1]
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
Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
Protection of historic and cultural landscape/infrastructure
Promotion of cultural diversity
Health and well-being (SDG 3)
Creation of opportunities for recreation
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Inclusive governance
Effective management
Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
Social interaction
Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
Sustainable consumption
Sustainable production
Implementation activities
The pilot stage was implemented in 2015, when 100 vine crops were planted in the proposed location adjacent to the old town [1,2].
Type of NBS project
Creation of new green areas
Maintenance and management of urban nature
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
Grey infrastructure featuring greens
Riverbank/Lakeside greens
Vegetation Type
Other
Amenities offered by the NBS
Unknown
Services
Expected ecosystem services delivered
Provisioning services
Food for human consumption (crops, vegetables)
Cultural services
Aesthetic appreciation
Recreation
Physical and experiential interactions with plants and animals
Social and community interactions
Scale
Spatial scale
Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Beneficiaries
Primary Beneficiaries
Citizens or community groups
Please specify other local relevant strategy
A city-specific public needs diagnosis
Governance
Governance arrangements
Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Non-government actors
Citizens or community groups
Please specify the roles of the specific government and non-government actor groups involved in the initiative
Citizens developed a project proposal. Firstly, the city approved a smaller grant for a pilot stage. Secondly, the citizens established a private foundation 'Vineyards of Poznan' ('Winnice Poznania') and applied for funds from the participatory city budget for further development of their idea.
Key actors - initiating organization
Citizens or community group
Private foundation/trust
Land owners
No information found
Key actors - Other stakeholders involved (besides initiating actors)
Local government/municipality
Citizens or community group
Private foundation/trust
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
Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
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
Yes
Please specify the "local regulation/strategy/plan"
The evaluation of the project proposal confirms that the initiative is compatible with ‘City development strategy’ and ‘Local needs map’).(Ref.1, 5 and 6)
Mandatory or voluntary intervention
Voluntary (spontaneous)
Please specify other type of voluntary intervention
Citizens developed the project proposal and applied for city funds for its implementation.
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
Yes
Please specify the general plan with GI/NBS section
‘City development strategy’ and ‘Local needs map’, which emphasize sustainable development and ecological solutions among other things.(Ref.1, 5 and 6)
If there is a relevant strategy or plan, please specify the theme / type of the plan.
Urban redevelopment plan
Other
Please specify other vegetation type
Vines; Grapes for wine
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
Participatory city budget.
Co-finance for NBS
No
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
€100,000 - €500,000
What is/was the Cost/Budget (EUR) of the NBS or green infrastructure elements?
500,000 PLN (around 118,000 EUR)
What are the total amount of expected annual maintenance costs?
20,000 PLN (around 4 395 EUR) [1]
What is the expected annual maintenance costs of the NBS or GI elements?
20,000 PLN (around 4 395 EUR) [1]
Please specify cost savings
Unknown
Please specify total cost (EUR)
500.000 PLN (around 118.000 EUR).(Ref.1)
Source(s) of funding
Public local authority budget
Type of fund(s) used
Earmarked public budget
Non-financial contribution
Yes
Type of non-financial contribution
Provision of labour
Provision of expertise
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Business models
Green densification model
Local stewardship model
Vacant space model
Which of the involved actors was motivated by this model?
Public actor (e.g. municipality)
Citizens / local communities
Type of innovation
Technological
Product innovation
Social
Governance innovation
Please specify technological innovation
Provision of free wine grapes for the entire community.(Ref.1)
Please specify social innovation
Community wine garden.(Ref.1)
Novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is completely new without connections to previous initiative(s)
Please specify novelty level of the innovation
The innovation is very original (which is also one of the reasons why it is such a controversial project to obtain the funds from the participatory city budget despite public support for the initiative - as officials raise concerns about its feasibility).(Ref.1 and 2)
Replicability/Transferability
The innovation is not referred to as being transferred to new initiative(s)
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Unknown
Impacts, benefits
Environmental impacts
Unknown
Description of environmental benefits
The project has not been implemented [9].
Economic impacts
Unknown
Description of economic benefits
The project has not been implemented [9].
Social and cultural impacts
Unknown
Description of social and cultural benefits
The project has not been implemented [9].
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Indicators
The project has not been implemented [9].
Environmental, social and economic impacts
Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
Regeneration, land-use and urban development
Inclusive and effective governance (SDG 16)
Analysis of specific impact categories
Job creation: The NBS created ...
No information available
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 September of 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
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/evaluation reports
Yes
Link to monitoring/evaluation reports
https://pbo2016.um.poznan.pl/i/pbo-2016/proposal/308-Winnice_Poznania
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
Yes
Link to a web-based monitoring tool
https://budzet.um.poznan.pl/pbo2017/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Realizacja-proje…
Impact assessment mechanism
Name of any specific impact assessment tools
Two evaluation reports are available on the project's application website: one negative (initial), and one positive (after the project's authors appealed the decision).(Ref.1)
There are 2 stages of the monitoring system: 1) Acceptance of proposals, their evaluation, verification, voting and announcement of the voting results. The Cabinet of Mayor conducts preliminary evaluation and relevant city departments and housing associations a secondary one (evaluation criteria: compliance with the local law, local spatial development plans, feasibility of costs and timeframe given, non-commercial nature of the projects); 2) Publications every quarter that list the information and the stages of implementation of successful projects (based on substantive reports that come from the implementing bodies).(Ref.7)

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
The proposal was forwarded to the relevant council of housing association for an opinion on the project that would be implemented within its area.(Ref.1 and 7)
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 (project's application website)
Ref.2 (online news article)
Ref.3 (project's official website)
Ref.4 (project's facebook website)
Ref.5 (online document)
Ref. 9 (online article, 2018 update)
List of references
1. Project's application website, Poznan's participatory city budget 2016, 'Vineyards of Poznan', https://pbo2016.um.poznan.pl/i/pbo-2016/proposal/308-Winnice_Poznania (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
2. Koziolek, K., 'Instead to Ostrow Tumski the 'vineyards of Poznan' will go to court' ('Zamiast na Ostrów Tumski winnice Poznania trafią do sądu'), 17/01/2017 gloswielkopolski.pl http://plus.gloswielkopolski.pl/wiadomosci/a/winnice-poznania-zamiast-na-ostrow-tumski-trafia-do-sadu,11696828/ (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
3. Project's official website, http://winnicepoznania.pl/ (Accessed: 29 June 2017). (Website not available in 2020)
4. Project's facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/winnicepoznania/ (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
5. Online document, 'Local needs map' ('Mapa potrzeb lokalnych'), https://pbo2016.um.poznan.pl/doc/pbo2016_mapa_potrzeb_lokalnych.pdf (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
6. 'Poznan's development strategy until 2030' (2013) ('Strategia Rozwoju Miasta Poznania do roku 2030'), stable URL: https://www.poznan.pl/mim/wos/strategia-rozwoju-miasta-poznania-do-roku-2030,doc,1017,16457/strategia-rozwoju-miasta-poznania-do-roku-2030,33907.html (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
7.Webpage, ‘The rules of the Poznan’s citizens’ budget 2017’ (2017) (‘Zasady poznańskiego budżetu obywatelskiego 2017’), https://budzet.um.poznan.pl/pbo2017/regulamin-pbo/ (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
8. Monitoring of projects – official website, Poznan’s participatory budget, ‘State of implementation of the Poznan’s participatory budget 2016 projects’ (‘Stan realizacji projektów poznańskiego budżetu obywatelskiego 2016’); https://budzet.um.poznan.pl/pbo2017/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Realizacja-projekt%C3%B3w-PBO16.pdf (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
9. Nyczka, T. (2018). Fundacja Winnice Poznania pozywa do sądu prezydenta Jacka Jaśkowiaka. Bo winnice nie powstały (Foundation The Vineyards of Poznan press charges against the mayor Jacek Jaskowiak, because the vineyards have never been created). Gazeta.pl. Available at: https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,22959506,winnice-poznania-skarza-prezydenta-jacka-jaskowiaka-do-sadu.html (Accessed: 27 September 2020).
Comments and notes
Additional insights
In 2014 the project was in a pilot stage which resulted in a successful application for funds from the participatory budget in 2016. Despite the awarded money, the project has never been implemented, hence the applicants (Foundation “Vineyards of Poznan”) pressed charges against City Hall. Today, the project is still in the initial form from its pilot phase [9].
Public Images
The vineyards of Poznan
The vineyards of Poznan
Source: https://poznan.wyborcza.pl/poznan/7,36001,22959506,winnice-poznania-skarza-prezydenta-jacka-jaskowiaka-do-sadu.html
The Vineyards of Poznan visualisation
The Vineyards of Poznan visualisation
Source: https://pbo2016.um.poznan.pl/i/pbo-2016/proposal/308-Winnice_Poznania