| HU.1 | Community garden | |
| Partner organization (who designed it) | Trebag Ltd. | |
| Overall description (Tell us the story of this activity) | Community gardening is a brilliant solution for gardening in an urban area. In other words, the community garden is an opportunity for urban agriculture. A community garden is a land that is gardened by a group of people (individually or collectively). Usually these gardens are divided into smaller units and these smaller units belong to a group or person who is responsible for the yielding or the production of this unit. | |
| Total Duration: | More sessions within 1 week | |
| Group size: | 5 | |
| List of materials: (from pens to papers to Wi-Fi to an elephant) | Papers, pens, pencils, local community garden Optional: stick-it, scissor, felt pen, glue | |
| Activity’s objectives: (what do you want to achieve by delivering this activity[1] ) | ||
| memory archive timeline: information, picture and link. e.g. short story. | 1955: the appearance of the first government decrees regarding community (allotment gardening = the precursor of community gardens) enclosed gardens in Hungary  | |
| Step-by-Step Description | ||
| Time: (mins) | Activity Description: Include all the steps needed, Include notes for the facilitation. | |
| 30 mins | STEP 1. The facilitator asks the group: Who knows what a community garden is? (If nobody knows the answer the facilitator tells the “Overall description” part to the participants.) Then the participants talk a bit about the community gardens. Some possible questions: Why can community gardens be useful?What are the possible obstacles to community gardens?What can be the conditions for creating a community garden? | |
| 5 mins | STEP 2. The facilitator divides the participants into groups. | |
| 240 mins | STEP 3. The groups visit the community garden nearest to them and investigate its functioning (“interview” the people who are involved in running it). | |
| 320 mins | STEP 4. The groups create their own plan on establishing their own community garden. The main aspects: locationbudgetparticipanttimelinerulesplants | |
| 90 mins | STEP 5: Groups present their plan in details to each other. | |
| 20 mins | STEP 6: Each group receives feedback from the other participants | |
| 15 mins | STEP 7: Groups vote for the best plan. | |
| Extra information we need to take into account. Notes for facilitation etc. (if needed) | The facilitator should be familiar with the basics of the community gardens. | |
| Preparations for the activity: (what do you need to do, who needs to do it, etc.) | No need for special preparations. | |
| Evaluation of the activity: (Describe how you will explore what worked, what did not, what should be changed, what is the impact, was the objective achieved and to what extent…) | See step 7. | |
| Expected Outcomes: What are the expected learning outcomes, social outcomes, or other benefits. Describe how it contributes to collecting and sharing socio-ecological memories. | Quantitative outcomes: Plans on community gardens. Learning outcomes and socio-ecological memories: To get to know the mechanism, structure and process of a community garden. To be able to design a community garden. To get to know the operation of the local community garden(s). | |
| Appendices (If relevant – handouts, internet links, etc.) | ||
I would delete the ‘Activity’s objective’, because the “Expected outcomes’ part includes it.