Last updated: October 2021
Since 2002, under the aegis of the non-profit organization “Enfants d’un même Père” (“Children of the same Father”) the members of Jardins en Pays de Liège organize visits to private gardens in the Province of Liège. This non-profit organization welcomes handicapped children during weekends and school holidays. Every year, about twenty gardens are open to the public and welcome more than 10,000 visitors. The totality of the funds raised by means of entrance fees goes to an association looking after handicapped children (Ref. 1)
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Overview
Nature-based solution
- Community gardens and allotments
- Horticulture
Key challenges
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Environmental education
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Cultural heritage and cultural diversity
- Preservation of natural heritage
Focus
Knowledge creation and awareness raising
Project objectives
"Jardins en Pays de Liège": aims at bringing together gardens of different sizes and styles: structured gardens or wandering mood, city or countryside, old parks and gardens growing, collectors' gardens ... The owners are people of passion, they are always ready to share with their visitors at the same time as their favorites and their green secrets (Ref. 1).
"Jardins en Pays de Liège" is an association bringing together amateur gardeners from the province of Liège who open their gardens to the public to support a project with a social vocation: the non-profit organization "Children of the same Father" (Ref. 1).
Implementation activities
Each year a series of private gardens are opened to the public for visitation on specific days for a small fee (Ref. 1). As of 2000, a core of competent friends reinforces the NGO in order to provide the necessary means to ensure its durability. A new building is built, simple, spacious, bright, in compliance with the standards in force. Financed largely by donations, it is inaugurated in September 2004. The NGO split into two: one, Children of one Father - Enfants d'un même Père (EMP), in charge of managing the heritage and collecting gifts, and the other, Home for the Children of the same Father - Accueil Enfants d'un même Père (AEMP), centered on the functioning of the reception and the follow-up of files.
From authorization to take over, granted in 2005, they became an authorized service partially subsidized in 2008.
In 2009, they signed a grant agreement with the AWIPH (Walloon Agency for the Integration of People with Disabilities), as part of a specific 3-year "Drop-in-the-Go" initiative (Ref. 1).
The organization also hosts gardeners' meetings where people can share knowledge (Ref. 1).
A plant festival has also been held each year since 2011 "The beautiful Englebermont site in Neupré will bring together again this year around fifty passionate exhibitors who, in addition to the taste with which they present their plants, also happily answer all your questions: how to plant, maintain, water, combine different plants" (Ref. 1).
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Marginalized groups: People with functional diversities
Governance
Management set-up
- Led by non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Non-government organisation/civil society
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The initiative and the management is run by the non-profit organization Jardins en Pays de Liege (Ref. 1).
From authorization to take over, granted in 2005, they became an authorized service partially subsidized in 2008.
In 2009, they signed a grant agreement with the AWIPH (Walloon Agency for the Integration of People with Disabilities), as part of a specific 3-year "Drop-in-the-Go" initiative (Ref. 1).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Yes
(The NGO is approved by the AWIPH (Agence Wallonne pour l'Intégration des Personnes Handicapées) Walloon Agency for the Integration of People with Disabilities and receives a partial subsidy (Ref. 1).)
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
Source(s) of funding
- Public national budget
- Funds provided by non-governmental organization (NGO)
- Other
Type of funding
- Direct funding (grants, subsidies, or self-financed projects by private entities)
Non-financial contribution
Type of non-financial contribution
- Provision of labour
- Provision of expertise
- Provision of other services
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Unknown
Economic impacts
- Unknown
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved access to urban green space
- Increased visibility and opportunity for marginalised groups or indigenous peoples
- Health and wellbeing
- Gain in activities for recreation and exercise
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
- Protection of natural heritage
- Increased appreciation for natural spaces
- Education
- Increased support for education and scientific research
- 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) Jardins en Pays de Liege (2020). Website. Available at: Source link (Accessed: October 9, 2020).
(2) Jardins en Pays de Liège (2020). Video Reports. Available at: Source link (Accessed: October 9, 2020).
(3) Jardins en Pays de Liege (2020). Facebook page. Available at: Source link (Accessed: October 9, 2020).
(2) Jardins en Pays de Liège (2020). Video Reports. Available at: Source link (Accessed: October 9, 2020).
(3) Jardins en Pays de Liege (2020). Facebook page. Available at: Source link (Accessed: October 9, 2020).