Urban Gardens Experiences (orti e giardini) Possible definitions
communty garden gardens for rent homegrown vegetables & flowers bottom up city garden
start from MICRO Milan (experiences)
a) COMMUNITY GARDENS parco trotter http://giardinidelsole.parcotrotter.org/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyZR‐qnMXlc http://vimeo.com/13848844
giardino degli aromi (herbs garden) http://www.olinda.org/2005/giardino.htm b) ORTI SOCIALI (SOCIAL GARDENS) piano terra (oriented to childs and education) http://piano‐terra.org/wordpress/
c) ORTI CONDOMINIALI (NEIGHBOROOD GARDENS) http://www.ortimissaglia.com/orti_a_milano.html d) GRASSROOTS EXPERIENCE http://playground.noblogs.org (and the story of chinese zucchini in Milan http://milano.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/6878549) e) GARDENS RELATED KNOWLEDGE (SHARING SEEDS) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne5pTemaBes f) GARDENS NETWORKING (ORTO DIFFUSO)
la mappatura è su ortodiffuso.noblogs.org e nella colonna a destra vedi anche la scheda che servirà per la mappatura più di inchiesta, fatta in collaborazione con agraria
virtuous cities new york, madrid, barcelona, berlino, sud africa
huertos de madrid http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMmPwPzU0_o http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbCX6J66dno new york http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctZAAJVnbrM&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcgCF2_YvJI&feature=related
denver http://dug.org/
two (design) perspective: system (overall platforms) & services (specific platforms) ORGANIC NATION TV http://www.organicnation.tv/ OrganicNation.tv is is an exploration of the American sustainable food landscape focusing on the people, places and products that are shaping a new green economy and lifestyle. From farmers to urban gardeners, teachers to restaurant owners, we’re traveling the country to document how sustainable food systems are being created across the U.S. SHARING BACKYARDS www.sharingbackyards.com encourages urban gardening by connecting those who have space to garden and are willing to share with those who would like to have a gardening space WWOOF https://www.wwoof.org HOMEFOOD https://www.homefood.it In the spirit of emphasize and spread the culture of traditional food interwoven with the culture of the typical products and the particular area, it is possible to become a guest of Italian families and to taste foods cooked by the lady of the house, the repository of the old culinary ways and methods.
connect to macro
a wide frame work: of urbanism and agricolture as connected global research directions FAO http://www.fao.org/ag/agp/greenercities/
design: micro + macro what about research and design research (how we connect micro to macro)
The cities are integrated in the agricultural and green system. Gardens belongs and build the cities.