Educational, Leisure and Edible Garden 3 weeks after

After three weeks of the garden plantation, the plants have taken root successfully, we only regret the lost of St. John's wort and borage.

Seed crops have successfully germinated seed (beans, pumpkins, carrots, radishes, parsnips).

The asparagus are springing up correctly.

Educational, Leisure and Edible Garden in Badalona

Educational, leisure and edible garden has been inaugurated in Badalona (Catalonia, Spain).

This garden is located within a public park (Ca l'Arnús). The main objective is to reconnect the citizens with the agriculture, show how are the plants that we normally consume (wheat, barley, carrots, turnips, radishes, parsnips, hops ...) but we do not know how are these plants, show plants that had been related to the industrial past of Badalona (esparto, vineyards, linen ...) and medicinal herbs (rosemary, lavender, chamomile, mints, lemon verbena, St. John's wort, licorice ...). 

It is one of the first gardens built in a public space in Catalonia, with crops used to educational purposes.

I hope that this initiative would be complement with a educational projects with Badalona schools and educational activities for families and adults (why not?).

I want to thank Aloc Natura (all of its staff), Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona (Barcelona Metropolitan Council) and Ajuntament de Badalona (Badalona city council) for this great initiative.

Urban Agriculture in Ljubljana (Slovenia)

The 21th – 24th of October, I attended to a training School in Ljubljana. The training School was organized by The Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia. This training school is included in the COST Action Urban Agriculture Europe and COST Action Urban Allotment Gardens.

During these days, we addressed issues related to:

• Organic production

• Environmental aspects of urban food production (water and soils).

• Social aspects of urban food production

• Economical aspects of urban food production

• Designing Planning Processes for Urban Food Production

• Governance.

We visited different examples of urban and peri – urban agriculture located in Ljubljana:

Krakovo gardens:

Historical orchards located in the historical center of Ljubljana, they provided food to the food market. They are protected by historical reasons.

Gradaščica Guerrilla Gardens:

These gardens are located in undeveloped urban plots

Peri-Urban Agriculture in Savlje area:

We visited two farms. One them they produce vegetables a large variety of vegetables

and the other they have organic dairy cows and produce cheeses and also they grow cereals and produce different types of flours (wheat, triticale, rye ...).

Private Allotment Gardens in Savlje area: