Description
The project seeks to create and run a school garden, the „Maria Garden” at Göllner Maria High School in Budapest and utilize it as a living classroom for horticultural education. The crops from the garden are going to be used in the school kitchen to prepare nutritious meals. The Garden will serve as a demonstrational training and research center for the principles and practices of urban permaculture and biodynamic gardening. Training courses, camps, and additional events will be also provided taking advantage of the school building, garden and kitchen. Co-operation will be set up with community gardening NGOs, and other school garden initiatives. The long term goal is to establish a local food community inviting teachers, parents, students of the school, and local residents, in order to increase the food security of the metropolitan community. Let’s convert the neglected spaces among the concrete blocks of flats into Eden!
Summary of project results
The aim of the project was to develop a school garden in a residential environment by means of biodynamic and permaculture methods, the promotion of urban and sustainable agriculture as well as to support its introduction and integration into school education. During the implementation, a sustainable household knowledge secondary school education module was elaborated and tested, two one-week long organic farming course were held, and six Australian permaculture instructional video were translated and subtitled, and the Garden of Göllner Mária Grammar School in Újpest was developed. As part of the latter, a total of 250sqm vegetable garden were built, 200sqm formerly collapsed asphalt pavement was removed, fences and gates were renovated, a compost management system was introduced, walkways were constructed, bird protection equipment and garden furniture were installed together with the plantation of over hundred perennial plants.
Summary of bilateral results