Eco-pedagogical school garden

Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Knowledge creation and awareness raising

-Facilitate access to urban nature and garden plants for children and teenagers via participatory measures (Ref. 2) -Prepare university students for the ecosystem and nature-related teaching and respective skills development both content-wise and methodologically (Ref. 3) -Prepare students for teaching sustainable development in schools and pre-schools (Ref. 2) -Creating secure habitats for species and fauna, while protecting the genetic diversity of the varieties, the diversity of species and the diversity of ecosystems. (Ref. 3)

School gardens and participatory approaches to the design of school grounds enabled greater access to biodiversity, which is becoming increasingly rare for children and young people in an increasingly urban world. (Ref. 3) The school garden offers pupils opportunities to expand their knowledge of shapes, to get to know useful plants and to practice using botanical names. The experiences in the school garden also had an influence on the students' acceptance of "ugly food" and on the perception of seasonality and locality. (Ref. 3, 6) Since students are prepared to teach their parents about sustainable development and lifestyles, this could also improve sustainable consumption and production in the long run (Ref. 3) The project advances scientific research by the continuous surveying of the school garden situation in the state, by conducting development and impact studies on school gardening, on school grounds and school surroundings as a learning space, and access to biodiversity. (Ref. 2)

• Public sector institution (e.g. school or hospital)
• Researchers/University
• Other