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Tag Archives: urban gardening
Parks and gardens in Berlin as community spaces – Part 3 (end)
by Ares Kalandides and Markus Kather After an introduction into the German and Berlin green planning instruments (Part 1) and two examples of gardens from Berlin ( Part 2), here is the 3rd and last part of the blog entry. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, Berlin, Mauerpark, Prinzessinengärten, Ton Stein Gärten, urban gardening
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Parks and gardens in Berlin as community spaces – Part 2
by Ares Kalandides and Markus Kather This is the second part of the article. In part 1 we looked at the German legal framework and the particularities of green planning in Berlin. Today we will be looking at examples. You … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, garden, Herzberge, parks, Tempelhofer Freiheit, urban gardening
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Pick of the Day: Emanuel Urban Farm Network – Mayor Launches New Agriculture Plan To Transform Vacant Lots – The Huffington Post
‘Under a recently-announced new agriculture plan, vacant lots on Chicago’s South Side could be transformed into thriving — and profitable — urban farms in just three years. […] In a statement, Emanuel said the farm lots will help “stabilize” the … Continue reading
Gardens in the City (II): Allotment Gardens
By Markus Kather After blogging about today’s meaning of community gardenig from a broad perspective in my last post on Gardens in the City, I want to look at a rather specific type of community garden: the allotment. There are more … Continue reading
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Tagged allotments, garden gnomes, sustainability, urban gardening, urban planning
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La Ruche: Urban Gardening in Toulouse
by Ares Kalandides Jean has the hands of a labourer and the smile of a small child. He works the earth with joy, shares his knowledge on old and new varieties of vegetables with generosity. Jean is the heart and … Continue reading
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Tagged Ares Kalandides, community-building, La Ruche, self-organizing community, Toulouse, urban gardening
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Urban Hacking (3): Hacking Advertising Space
By Hanna Lutz “Ιmages and characters hang, stick and flap whereever we look. Advertising on advertising pillars and billboards, on bus stops and in buses, ads in elevators, on taxi roofs, on sidewalks, advertising on the highest high-rise buildings […] Advertising … Continue reading
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Tagged Adbusters, advertising, Banksy, public space, Street Art, urban gardening, Urban Hacking, urban space
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Urban gardening in Berlin: contributions to city quality
by Hans Pul Although it is still freezing (at least here in Berlin), it is the time of the year for starting planning and planting this year’s vegetables. Around this time of the year, you can start planting carrots, spinach, … Continue reading
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Tagged Berlin, Berlin-Kreuzberg, bottom-up, citizen initiatives, city quality, cookbook, flowers, Frisch vom Dach, fruits, garden, gardening projects, Gärten, guerilla garden, guerilla gardening, High Line, kreuzberg, malzfabrik, mariannenplatz, Moritzplatz, Neighbourhood, neighbourhood residents, Neukölln, new york, pioneers, Place Identity, Prinzessinnengarten, public space, San Francisco, sense of place, social function, Steine, sustainability, sustainable, Tempelhof, Tempelhofer Freiheit, Ton, urban agriculture, urban farming, urban garden, urban gardening, urban quality, vegetable market, vegetables, vegetables market
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