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- 1. URBAN COMMUNITY GARDENS An Experimentin Community and Urban Permaculture Chennai
- 2. Chennai and UrbanGardening • Individual OTG and OTGG • Prison Farms • Community gardens – private spaces • Community gardens – public spaces • Pavement gardens
- 3. • Working withnature • Open source and open access knowledge • Healthy Food for All • Building Community • Gardening as a Political Act
- 4. reStore Gardens Initiatives • Events/Workshops •World Kitchen Garden Day August 2012 (Launch) • National Urban Gardening Conference Jan 2013 • Permaculture Intro workshops • Joy of Giving 2012 and 2013 • Locations • Pavement Gardens (Dharmesh, Anita, Shakuntala, Radhika) • Kottivakam • Urur Kuppam/Pudiyadhor • Cancer Institute
- 5. Two initiatives • Urban •Public Spaces • Many stakeholders • Difficult spaces to work with Urban Permaculture Build Community Open Source Open Access
- 6. Pudiyador’s Urur Kuppam CenterAGARDEN IN THE SAND
- 7. December 2012 SAND –LOTS OF IT! Replete with concrete chunks and litter.
- 8. December 2012: We cleanedup the backyard. Then created beds from leaf litter from SPACES. Beds lined with green coconut shells – waste collected from the beachside vendors. Urban waste being put to good use.
- 9. We started withplanting Karpuravalli and moong/ green gram. Karpooravalli because its indestructible and grows quickly. Moong because it grows quickly and fixes nitrogen. When growing with children, we need to see quick results.
- 10. We started anursery in re-cycled containers – juice boxes, plastic containers, milk sachets.
- 14. Sack Garden, Jan2012
- 15. Jan 2012: Thespinach (palak) started as a small stem in a sack. The cutting we got from a visit to Solitude farm in Auroville.
- 16. The Palak, stillrooted in the sack. But growing lush.
- 17. Climbing on alattice we created out of waste bamboo
- 18. October 2013: Forming adense canopy. Jaya (in the pic) takes care of the garden with the children.
- 19. The rocky hillock– Now growing papaya, cucumber, greens, drumstick. You can see the chunks of rock coming through as the leaf litter and bagasse decompose
- 20. Brinjal – afterseveral being cooked, we left this one for seeds.
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- 24. There is stilla LOT of sand
- 25. But we alsohave a garden in the sand. One that nourishes the children in many ways.
- 27. As we learnand reflect…. • Importance of constant visual results • “Eek” to “Wow!” • Reconnecting children with growing and nature • Introducing traditional herbs • Creating access to fresh and nutritious food • Provides positive opportunities for children to contribute and see capability from physical activities • Spreading the message – other centers want to grow their own • Therapeutic effect on children • Continuity and Management of garden
- 28. Adyar Cancer Institute, ChennaiTHE“URBAN” IN PERMACULTURE
- 29. Vision A natural, sustainableand edible community garden that is created by volunteers and the CI Community in the spirit of voluntary engagement and the joy of giving. An environment which is happy, peaceful, safe for the children and sustainable for the environment An edible community space, where people contribute and share in the garden’s “fruits”.
- 30. N Scope of work Kitchen MaheshMemorial Pediatric Ward Ward Gate Site identified for permaculture based natural gardens Gate
- 31. What we startedwith
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- 37. “Waste” Biomass from LocalResources
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- 39. Rain water harvestingusing debris
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- 45. Lessons • From principlesto practice to results • Herb Spiral • Raised beds • Amrit Mitti • Match of expectations between stakeholders • Generate soil at scale • Scale needs committed volunteers • Consistency – seeing the same people doing a-typical things. • Waste is a HUGE resource • Spreading and sharing the commitment – made easier by the fact that it is a pediatric ward.
- 46. You can doa lot with very little. The journey is as important as the destination For more information: [email protected]