Last updated: October 2021
A community garden at the margins of Bucharest, which aims to serve both locals and tourists, and the only place of its kind for the 240.000 inhabitants of the quarter. Apart from its educational aspects, the garden is a living workshop and a place of relaxation for its visitors (1).
Gura Siriului Community Garden
Crina Cranta, retrieved 08/31/2018
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Community gardens and allotments
- 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 interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable consumption
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
1. To create a green space in a working-class quarter (1);
2. To offer a relaxation and community space for the inhabitants of the quarter (1);
3. To provide workshops on sustainable living (2);
4. To increase the sense of community and connection to the environment (2);
5. To promote health and wellness in an urban area (3);
6. To offer organic products to the inhabitants of the neighbourhood (3);
7. Produce their own seed bank (1).
Implementation activities
Cleaning the 400 sqm in order to create rows for the vegetables (1);
Spreading organic fertilizer grown in the garden (1);
Creating 2 rows, (one for medicinal plants and one for aromatic plants), different varieties of vegetables (tomatoes, cucumbers, corn) (3).
Main beneficiaries
- Non-government organisation/Civil Society
- Citizens or community groups
- Marginalized groups: Elderly people, Socio-economically disadvantaged populations (e.g. low-income households, unemployed)
- Food producers and cultivators (i.e. farmers, gardeners)
- Young people and children
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Crowd-sourcing/Crowd-funding/Participatory budget
- Taskforce groups
- Dissemination of information and education
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
- Co-management/Joint management
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The initiative stared as an individual quest. The owner of the project, Crina Cranta, owned the land and in 2013 she joined forces with an NGO, named Gradini Coimunitare Urbane, and a visual artist and the project was born. Cranta has full ownership, the other members of the project are either bringing their know-how by organizing workshops, either offer manual labor or publicizes the initiative. (4)
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
No
... a national policy or strategy?
No
... a local policy or strategy?
No
Financing
Total cost
€10,000 - €50,000
Source(s) of funding
- Crowdfunding
Type of funding
- Donations
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of land
- Provision of goods
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
- Exchange of services
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Increased access to healthy/affordable food
- Increased sustainability of agriculture practices
- Education
- Increased knowledge of locals about local nature
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Unknown
Presence of indicators used in reporting
No evidence in public records
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. PlatFerrma (2016) , GRĂDINA DIN GURA SIRIULUI, GRĂDINĂ URBANĂ COMUNITARĂ ÎN BUCUREŞTI, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
2. Green Report (2015), Grădina din Gura Siriului, o oază într-un oraș sufocant, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
3. Think outside the box (2015), Grădina din Gura Siriului: evadarea verde din Bucureşti care combină arta cu permacultura, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
4. Mai mult verde (2015), Sprijiniți proiectul „Grădina din Gura Siriului”!, Available at Source link, (Accessed 16-8-2020)
2. Green Report (2015), Grădina din Gura Siriului, o oază într-un oraș sufocant, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
3. Think outside the box (2015), Grădina din Gura Siriului: evadarea verde din Bucureşti care combină arta cu permacultura, Available at Source link (Accessed 16-8-2020)
4. Mai mult verde (2015), Sprijiniți proiectul „Grădina din Gura Siriului”!, Available at Source link, (Accessed 16-8-2020)
Gura Siriului Community Garden
Crina Cranta, retrieved 08/31/2018