Monday, December 31, 2012

Germany urban agriculture and GILA word of the week: Klein Gartens

Over the past few months I have spied an increase in articles referencing "Klein Gardens".
Like this one: "In Germany, the Klein Garten movement, translated as “little garden,” planted the seeds of urban farming. There are now about 1 million such gardens across the country."
Or this one. Both times it seems Klein Gartens are mentioned with another country in Asia.

Well, with a little help from Wikipedia I found out Klein Gartens are the European equivalent to allotment gardens and have been around for a long time. So maybe North Americans have much to learn from the Germans about not just green roofs.

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