Urban Gardening & Farming in the North of Vienna

1. Urban Gardening & Farmingin the North of Vienna

2. 21st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf FloridsdorfisoneoftwoViennesedistrictsthatarelocated„beyondtheDanube“. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

3. 21stDistrict, Vienna: Floridsdorf • Area: 44.4 km² • Inhabitants: c. 146,000 • A „peri-urban“ district • Grown together from 5formerly independent villages - Jedlersdorf, Jedlesee, Leopoldau, Stammersdorf, Strebersdorf - and parts founded in the 18th (Floridsdorf“Am Spitz”) and 19th (Donaufeld) centrury. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

4. 21st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf • More than 1/4 of the area are farms (including wineyards) and fields • About 1/7 of the district area is used by individual home gardens • c. 4 km² commercial and industrial areas • c. 4 km² of greenery residences Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

5. 21st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf • c. 40% of the surface are greenareas • c. 10 km² are used for agriculture • c. 3 km² individual homegardens • c. 2.6 km² wineyards • c. 2.5 km²woods • c. 1.5 km² watersurface Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

6. 21st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf • Located attheperipheryofVienna, Floridsdorf is predestinated for urban gardening & farming projects. • The first urban gardeningprojectstarted in 2006. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

7. Community Garden „The Field“ Community Garden “The Field” in the DonaufelderStrasse: 3,000 m², about 30 people. In 2006 a former fallow was leased from private individuals for gardening and relaxing. The vegetable beds are managed by individuals. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

8. Intercultural Garden „Bruno Kreisky House“ There is gardening in the courtyard of the Bruno KreiskyHouse, a home for asylum seekers in Floridsdorf, since spring 2009. Raised beds and flowerbeds were built there. The beds are managed by families, individuals and children. Now a wall greening is planned with edible climbing plants. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

9. InterculturalneighbourhoodgardenRoda-Roda-Gasse The first intercultural neighbourhood garden in a “Gemeindebau” (council flat estate) in Vienna-Strebersdorfstarted in 2009. People built the garden and share it. The Aim is to produce a free space for intercultural dialogue and collaborative work: When working with soil and plants, new roots in a foreign land can grow. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

10. Community gardenrefugeecamp Winkeläckerweg In the refugee camp Winkeläckerweg about 150 people live, mainly families with their children. The conditions in the home are very cramped. Around the refugee camp there is a 2,000 m² green area, 500m²are used as a community garden since spring 2010. A part is reserved for children. The children won the 2010 "Junior City Farming“ award. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

11. Mobile neighborhood garden Adolf-Loos-Gasse On the initiative of a resident, the idea of a little garden for children arose in 2009, later it became a neighborhood garden. With the support of the “Gartenpolylog” association, five mobile beds were built up in July 2011. The residents were accompanied for 10 weeks with professional support and advice. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

12. Self-harvesting project eco-harvest land In 2011, the Central Association of the garden plot holders established (on a total area of ​​15,000 m²) the eco-harvest land, a self-harvesting project south of GerasdorferStrasse.128 people can manage a bit of green here. The plots have a size of about 115 m² and are partly planted with vegetables and berry bushes (one season at a price of € 200, -) Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

13. Unused farmland occupied In 2012 and 2013, the initiative „SolidaryAgriculture“ (abbreviation: SoliLa!) occupied some farm land in Floridsdorf, which was not cultivated or used in another way for years. The occupiers criticized that it is absurd in times of „peak oil“ and „peak soil“ to use fertile land for building purposes and requiredfoodsovereignty. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

14. NeighbourhoodgardenBrossmannplatz The garden was installed by the “GebietsbetreuungFloridsdorf” and opened 2013. With 22 beds, each 10 m², one community bed and two raised beds for persons with mobility restrictions, the garden offers 34 people close to their homes the opportunity to grow their own organic vegetables or create flowerbeds. Included: a nearby Kindergarden and Mobile Youth Work. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

15. Common Agriculture “Wild Arugula” (“Wilde Rauke”) The Beginning Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

16. The Beginning • Green Information Event on 28th ofMarch 2012:„Community SupportedAgriculture Gärtnerhof Ochsenherz“ (Lower Austria) • Club Foundation May 2012 • Search for an agricultural land April 2012 – April 2013 • Setting upinfrastructureApril 2013 –work in progress Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

17. The Field Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

18. The Vision • Common Agriculture • Orchard, vegetables, herbs • Cooperationwith an organicfarm • Open Garden – socio-politicalproject • Food sovereignty • High Biodiversity • Climateprotection • Socialinclusion Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

19. Someimpressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

20. Someimpressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

21. Someimpressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013