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COMMUNITY GARDENING AS A SOCIAL INNOVATION

Urban community gardens of Cologne

Anastasia AgafonovaRaoul Döring Soyoung Park Ingrid Walter

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INSIGHTS FROM RESEARCH

Community gardens have different motivations and goals

Very different scales and operating models

Low level of publicity and awareness by citizens

Different practice of knowledge sharing and educational program

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INSIGHTS FROM RESEARCH

Today's educational and promotional strategies of existing community gardens are too limited physically (being located in a specific area and space) as well as they don't target a wide and non active audience.

*netgarden

A MOBILE EDUCATION PROJECT

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Residents realise how grey and unfriendly their neighbourhood is, they would like to do something about it

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a date for the gardening workshop

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to their neighbourhood to give a workshop

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On that day the guy from *netgarden comesto their neighbourhood to give a workshop.

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He gives an introduction of the basics of planting, shows the techniques of doing it and explains do's and don'ts

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At the end of the workshop he gives them a toolkit, consisting of all the things a beginner gardener needs

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Inside the toolkit they find a package with few types of seeds, an easy-to-build box, a pair of gloves, informative brochure etc.

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They are getting more and more engaged and inspired by gardening and getting connected with other garden initiatives online

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