1. General information
2. Objectives of the intervention
Goals of the intervention
The project goals include sustainable use of city owned land, improvement of the quality of life of citizens in social, economic and ecologic sense. Urban gardens should enable production of healthy food, improve house budget of the citizens, contribute to preservation of the healthy environment, preservation of bio-diversity, ecological conciousness of the citizens, foster connection with the nature, healthy use of free time and promote healthy life style, as well as partnership of the city of Zagreb with the citizens (Ref 1, 3).
Quantitative targets
unknown - at least not precisely as the city opens each year new gardens on new locations Ref 1, 3)
Monitoring indicators defined
not applicable
Sustainability challenge(s) addressed
Climate change mitigation: What were the goals of the NBS?
Climate change mitigation: What activities are implemented to realize the conservation goals and targets?
What types of restoration goals are / were defined for the NBS intervention?
What activities are implemented to realize the restoration goals and targets?
Implementation activities
In the area of the City of Zagreb, there are currently 13 city gardens with over 2100 garden plots on an area of 22.5 ha at the following locations:
2 in the area of Stenjevec City District, at Stenjevec Street and Savska opatovina Street I. branch, 3 in the area of Novi Zagreb City District - east, 2 at Ive Andrića Street and 1 at Karela Zahradnika Street, 1 in the area of Novi Zagreb City District - west, at the location Čavoglavska ulica, 1 in the area of the City district Peščenica-Žitnjak, at the location Ulica Prve gardijske brigade Tigrovi, 2 in the area of the City district Sesvete, Senjska street and Ulica Rimski put, 1 in the area of the city district Trnje, location street Prisavlje, 1 in the area of the Maksimir City District, location of Dragutina Mandla Street and 1 in the area of the Podsused-Vrapče City District, location of Susedsko polje Street. Arable land consists of garden plots up to 50 m2 and common parts with common equipment (access roads and paths, wooden and prefabricated storage of tools and organic fertilizers, composters, benches and waste bins, garden gazebos and canopies). The areas of all City Gardens are fenced (Ref 1, 3).
2 in the area of Stenjevec City District, at Stenjevec Street and Savska opatovina Street I. branch, 3 in the area of Novi Zagreb City District - east, 2 at Ive Andrića Street and 1 at Karela Zahradnika Street, 1 in the area of Novi Zagreb City District - west, at the location Čavoglavska ulica, 1 in the area of the City district Peščenica-Žitnjak, at the location Ulica Prve gardijske brigade Tigrovi, 2 in the area of the City district Sesvete, Senjska street and Ulica Rimski put, 1 in the area of the city district Trnje, location street Prisavlje, 1 in the area of the Maksimir City District, location of Dragutina Mandla Street and 1 in the area of the Podsused-Vrapče City District, location of Susedsko polje Street. Arable land consists of garden plots up to 50 m2 and common parts with common equipment (access roads and paths, wooden and prefabricated storage of tools and organic fertilizers, composters, benches and waste bins, garden gazebos and canopies). The areas of all City Gardens are fenced (Ref 1, 3).
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
Mayor of the city mentioned he saw similar initiatives in other cities and decided to have it also in Zagreb, but it is not specified from which cities and what specifically was borrowed (1).
Replicability/Transferability
Please specify Replicability/Transferability
Other cities, such as Velika Gorica and Samobor, are copying the project of urban gardens from Zagreb (7).
