Frankfurt am Main, Germany
City population: 674619
Duration: 2016 – unknown
Implementation status: Completed
Scale: Micro-scale: District/neighbourhood level
Project area: 1000 m2
Type of area: Public Greenspace Area
Last updated: October 2021

In Frankfurt, the "Gallus Garden" is a community garden built in 2016, which not only impresses with its 1000 m2 size but also reflects the cultural diversity in the district (4). The garden was initiated by the Kinder im Zentrum Gallus association in collaboration with the Gallus neighbourhood management with the help of many sponsors and donors such as the Open Space Office and Deutsche Bank (4). The garden consists of two areas with raised bed for families, kindergarten groups and individuals to cultivate their food there, while a third area is for community events with fruit trees. The aim of the Gallus Garden is to create a community place where old and new residents of the area get together, can share knowledge and spend time in nature (4,8).

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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
  • Regeneration, land-use and urban development
  • Regulation of built environment
  • Promote natural styles of landscape design for urban development
  • Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
  • Environmental education
  • Social cohesion
  • 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. New possibilities of being active in the urban space (2); 2. New recreational facility tailored to locals' needs (2); 3. Increasing the number of green areas (2); 4. Provide a place where the children of the nearby kindergarten and after-school care can spend their time outside and learn about nature (4); 5. Create a place where the old and new neighbourhood residents can connect (4); 6. Place where inter-generational knowledge sharing is possible (4).

Implementation activities

1. Identification the target audience/prospects and their needs (3, 4) 2. Identification of partners/sponsors for implementation (3) 3. Organizing a participatory workshop with locals (3) 4. Creating 1000 square meters of community garden green space (4)

Main beneficiaries

  • Non-government organisation/Civil Society
  • Citizens or community groups

Governance

Management set-up

  • Co-governance with government and non-government actors

Type of initiating organisation

  • Public sector institution
  • Non-government organisation/civil society

Participatory approaches/ community involvement

  • Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
  • Consultation (e.g. workshop, surveys, community meetings, town halls)
  • Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)

Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project

The project is a result of the cooperation of several actors. The main initiators were the Inclusive Social Room Gallus project of the Kinder im Zentrum Gallus association and the Gallus neighbourhood management. The local advisory board approved the initiative, while the Green Space Office of the city, the Hessen Nature School, and some private companies such as the Deutche Bank, the BPD and the GFFB contributed to the success of the garden with a community group of local citizens which was designed by the Beuerlein / Baumgartner planning office (4,8)

Project implemented in response to ...

... an EU policy or strategy? No
... a national policy or strategy? No
... a local policy or strategy? Yes

Financing

Total cost

Unknown

Source(s) of funding

  • Public local authority budget
  • Corporate investment
  • Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
  • Crowdfunding

Type of funding

  • Earmarked public budget
  • Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
  • Donations

Non-financial contribution

Type of non-financial contribution
  • Provision of land
  • Provision of goods
  • Provision of labour
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
  • Public authorities (e.g. land, utility services)
  • Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
  • Private sector (businesses, financial institution)

Impacts and Monitoring

Environmental impacts

  • Green space and habitat
  • Increased green space area
  • Increased number of species present

Economic impacts

  • Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)

Socio-cultural impacts

  • Social justice and cohesion
  • Improved social cohesion
  • Improved access to urban green space
  • Increased opportunities for social interaction
  • Increased involvement of locals in the management of green spaces
  • Increased access to healthy/affordable food
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
  • Education
  • Increased support for education and scientific research

Type of reported impacts

Expected 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. Stadt Frankfurt am Main. (2017). Frankfurt Am Main: Frankfurt Gärtnert. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link.
2. Stadt Frankfurt am Main. (2017). Frankfurt Am Main: Urban Gardening - Die Stadt Als Garten. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link %83%C6%92%C3%86%E2%80%99%C3%83%E2%80%9A%C3%82.
3. Goethe-Universität. (2017). Community Garden. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link.
4. Frankfurter Beete. (2016). Gelungener Startschuss Für Den Gallus Garten,” Frankfurter Beete. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link.
5. Frankfurt Green City. (2017). Nachhaltig Leben : Stadt Frankfurt Am Main | Dezernat Umwelt Und Gesundheit | Umweltamt. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link.
6. Frankfurter Beete. (2017). Urban Gardening Rhein-Main,” Frankfurter Beete. Website not available October 2020,
7. GallusGarten. (2017). Unser GALLUSGARTEN Ist Ein Erfolgsmodell | GallusGarten - Blog Zum Urban Gardening, Gemeinsam Gärtnern an Der Schneidhainer Straße. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link
8. Frankfurter Beete. (2018). Klimapicknick im Gallus Garten. Frankfurter Beete. Accessed on October 1, 2020, Source link
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