Last updated: October 2021
The Pré Muché garden is part of the AJONC, Amis des Jardins Ouverts et néanmoins clôturés. This is the community garden of the St-Maurice Pellevoisin neighbourhood. Located behind the church of St-Maurice des Champs and the new Maison de quartier, Pré Muché has been in existence since 2007 on the initiative of the inhabitants. The garden is arranged according to the principles of the natural garden, a space that combines a place of life, cultivated plots and more wild areas. Its maintenance is ecological. It is a living garden where the pond meets the flowered meadow and the regional shrubs (Ref 2).
Pre Muche
North Caue. Available at: https://s-pass.org/fr/portail/332/observatoire/39387/jardin-du-pre-muche-lille-59.html
Overview
Nature-based solution
- Parks and urban forests
- Pocket parks/neighbourhood green spaces
- Community gardens and allotments
- Community gardens
Key challenges
- Green space, habitats and biodiversity (SDG 15)
- Habitat and biodiversity conservation
- Green space creation and/or management
- Environmental quality
- Soil quality improvement
- Social justice, cohesion and equity (SDG 10)
- Social cohesion
- Social interaction
- Health and well-being (SDG 3)
- Creation of opportunities for recreation
- Economic development and employment (SDG 8)
- Economic development: agriculture
- Sustainable consumption and production (SDG 12)
- Sustainable production
Focus
Creation of new green areas, Maintenance and management of urban nature, Transformation of previously derelict areas
Project objectives
The goals were (a) to make an urban green space; (b) to increase the biodiversity of the city; (c) to encourage the citizens to get involved; (d) to create a place for leisure (Ref 2,3)
Implementation activities
The place has been nestled between several buildings. The community planted many seedlings and trees to make the place green. They meet in regular meetings to keep the place clean and maintain their biodiversity. They grow food and created a leisure place for the locals. They built space for plessé willow, living willow structures (hedge, gate, arch), a country hedge, a shelter serving as a convivial space in bad weather, several plots devoted to vegetable crops, a flowery meadow, a bed of flowering perennials, a pond, a composter, a tool room and a henhouse. (Ref 3, 5).
Biodiversity conservation or restoration-focused activities
Biodiversity conservation:
- Protect and enhance urban habitats
- Create new habitats
- Reduce negative impacts and avoid the alteration/damage of ecosystem
- Protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect species
- Undertake specific measures to protect native species
- Undertake specific measures to protect valued species
Main beneficiaries
- Citizens or community groups
- Marginalized groups: Elderly people
Governance
Management set-up
- Co-governance with government and non-government actors
Type of initiating organisation
- Citizens or community group
Participatory approaches/ community involvement
- Co-planning (e.g. stakeholder workshops, focus groups, participatory mapping)
- Joint implementation (e.g. tree planting)
- Citizen science
- Citizen monitoring and review
Details on the roles of the organisations involved in the project
The City of Lille: owner of the spot, l’Association des Jardins Ouverts et Néanmoins Clôturés, LES AJONC: responsible for the maintenance with the citizen (Ref 1).
Project implemented in response to ...
... an EU policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a national policy or strategy?
Unknown
... a local policy or strategy?
Unknown
Financing
Total cost
Unknown
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
Who provided the non-financial contribution?
- Citizens (e.g. volunteering)
- Other
Impacts and Monitoring
Environmental impacts
- Environmental quality
- Improved soil quality
- Green space and habitat
- Increased green space area
- Increased number of species present
- Restoration of derelict areas
Economic impacts
- Increase in agricultural production (for profit or not)
Socio-cultural impacts
- Social justice and cohesion
- Improved social cohesion
- 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
- Cultural heritage and sense of place
- Improvement in people’s connection to nature
Type of reported impacts
Achieved impacts
Presence of formal monitoring system
Yes
Presence of indicators used in reporting
Yes
Presence of monitoring/ evaluation reports
No evidence in public records
Availability of a web-based monitoring tool
No evidence in public records
References
1. La Voix Du Nord (2013) Lille: the Pré muché, the best shared secret garden in Saint-Maurice. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
2. Ville de Lille (no date) Jardin du Pre Muche. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
3. Jmlille (2013) Le Pre Muche. Lille Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin Blog. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
4.Center social Albert Jacquard (2020) Pre Muché. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
5. North CAUE (no date) Pré Muché garden, Lille (59). Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
2. Ville de Lille (no date) Jardin du Pre Muche. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 13th August, 2020.
3. Jmlille (2013) Le Pre Muche. Lille Saint-Maurice Pellevoisin Blog. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
4.Center social Albert Jacquard (2020) Pre Muché. Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.
5. North CAUE (no date) Pré Muché garden, Lille (59). Available at: Source link. Accessed on 14th August, 2020.