Last updated: October 2021
The author of the project (visualized, not completed) designed a recreation area for youth from schools, dormitories and people interested in need of horticultural therapy in one of the school courtyards in Białystok. The project would involve revitalization and modernization of the school’s courtyard to adapt it to the needs of people with disabilities and adequately manage the greenery around. The garden would allow for therapeutic work with plants, art therapy, and activities that support the mental and physical health of the participants [1,3]. In 2015 the project was in envisioned and pitched only, but it did not receive funding from the participatory budget of Białystok.
Horticulture therapy in Białystok
Source: http://atlas.naturvation.eu/sites/default/files/nbs/files/bialystok_maly.pdf
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Grey infrastructure featuring greens
- Green playgrounds and school grounds
- Institutional green space
- Community gardens and allotments
- Community gardens
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Green space creation and/or management
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Social justice and equity
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Improving mental health
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
1) Creating a garden space for people who will attend events based on practical gardening;
2) Starting a public place for therapy based on activities such as work with plants, art therapy, and activities that support the mental and physical health of the participants;
3) Enhancing the aesthetics of the place;
4) Underlining the importance of the dorm’s area and the need for its renewal and modernization so that it can serve multiple functions and cater to the needs of disabled residents;
5) Creating an open space for everyone concerned about their mental health [3].
Implementation activities
1) Improving the infrastructure by replacing some uneven sidewalks and perimeters, maintaining existing plants [1];
2) Renovating the facade of the school and the dormitory, building new communication lines and painting a mural on one of the external walls of the facility;
3) Construction of the multipurpose playground in the asphalt football field;
4) Construction of the seating terrace in the orchard in front of the dormitory;
5) Creation of the facilities for the horticultural therapy and gardening;
6) Planting new greenery in the school yard [2].
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Marginalized groups: People with functional diversities
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Public sector institution
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- 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)
- Co-management/Joint management
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
Local public school and citizens' community developed a project with the help of a lanscape architecture student. They prepared a proposal and applied for funds from the participatory city budget of Białystok. The application was unsuccessful.
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
(The rules of the participatory budget of Białystok state though that all submitted projects have to be compatible with law, third party rights (including property rights), as well as with the adopted plans, strategies and programs of the City of Białystok.(3))
Financing
Total cost
€10,000 - €50,000
Source(s) of funding
- Public local authority budget
Type of funding
- Unknown
Non-financial contribution
Unknown
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Unknown
Type of reported impacts
No impacts reported
Presence of formal monitoring system
No
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No
References
1. Project description, 'Project nr 23' (Projekt nr 23.) Source link (Accessed: 13 August 2017). Link not available in 2020.
2. Source link, (2015), 'Contest 'I live here'. Vote for garden for hortiterapy' ('Konkurs Mieszkam Tu. Zagłosuj na ogród do hortiterapii'), Source link (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
3. City Council website, 'The rules of the participatory budget' ('Zasady') Source link (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
4. See attachment: Source link
2. Source link, (2015), 'Contest 'I live here'. Vote for garden for hortiterapy' ('Konkurs Mieszkam Tu. Zagłosuj na ogród do hortiterapii'), Source link (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
3. City Council website, 'The rules of the participatory budget' ('Zasady') Source link (Accessed: 14 September 2020).
4. See attachment: Source link
Horticulture therapy in Białystok visualisation
Source: https://www.portalsamorzadowy.pl/serwis/mieszkam-tu-2015/nominacje/69165.html