{"id":3928,"date":"2013-10-24T11:54:04","date_gmt":"2013-10-24T09:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/?p=3928"},"modified":"2013-10-24T11:54:04","modified_gmt":"2013-10-24T09:54:04","slug":"ourense-vegetable-gardens-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sustainable-everyday-project.net\/urbact-sustainable-food\/?p=3928","title":{"rendered":"Ourense Vegetable gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

3. September, 2013<\/p>\n

Contributor:\u00a0 Ourense City Council<\/p>\n

A successful example of urban orchards focused to education on a rururban mid-term city<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Concept<\/em><\/p>\n

When this local policy started on 2010 \u201curban orchards\u201d still were trend models of socio-environmental policy on Galicia. They were growing on entire region with this kind of initiatives on all cities. These actions still expand for villages on Galicia nowadays.<\/p>\n

Moreover, Ourense has a lot of green spaces as parks and gardens, with expensive maintenance, and lot private and public floors without use too caused for Spanish construction bubble.<\/p>\n

This opportunity was based under a opportunity of high external co-financing based on FAIL programme (State financing at 80% to infrastructures) on 2010 as a state strategy against unemployment on construction sector. This financial instrument made possible this investment to city council for over 90.000 Euros.<\/p>\n

Promoted by Education council of city, final objective was developing \u201curban orchards\u201d on the city with one specific character: Improving a clear educational focusing on this activity.<\/p>\n

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Result<\/em><\/p>\n

Located on working class projects called \u201cMari\u00f1amansa\u201d our initiative started with investment of 347.000 euros (90.000 cofinanced by Education Department), over a land of 2.262 m2, 13% of \u00a0this neibourhood\u00b4s green zone.<\/p>\n

This mapping had five different spaces:<\/p>\n

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  1. 18 orchards to citizen\u00b4s users.<\/li>\n
  2. 2 to people with reduced mobility.<\/li>\n
  3. 2 orchards strictly focused to the education activities.<\/li>\n
  4. One enjoying zone focused to schools with orchard and flower zone.<\/li>\n
  5. One common space with rest structures and a little garden of flowers.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    During first 3 months users farmed first vegetables, fruits and flowers\u2026<\/p>\n

    Nowadays, two years and a half:<\/p>\n