Social housing is the type of place that we often invest with gardens. The act of opening theses gardens to others that the inhabitants of the social housing estate is put forward as a principle, rule, and can therefore be a management tool in the garden.
This principle is validated (or not but we have not yet been turned down) by the partner:
- The social landlord or
- The social center (for the garden) or
- The school (if parents come to the garden in the school during the school holidays for example).
Good Practice Topics
Type of Tool
Good Practice Target Groups
Objectives
What makes it a good practice or tool?
- This promotes a territorial mix : if me, a resident of social housing estate, I agree That a person or group outside (e) is present in my territory, then the collective practices of a mi-private mi-public space become denser.
- This method has a leverage effect: every gardener immediately accesses to an open space and therefore not closed on itself.
- The image of these social housings can be improved for its people but also in the mind of the person who comes from outside.
Materials
Implementation
Evaluation
Evaluation
Indicators:
- We realize the benefits (or not) of this practice expressed through what gardeners express.
- The participation of outside groups or persons (s) in the community garden.
Tipps
Aims and Outcomes
Since this principle is accepted, it can be elevated to a tool.
Indeed the regular presence of a "foreign" group (day camp or adults of a community center next door) on a plot reserved for them in the middle of family plots, leads to questions, comments, concerns ... that feed the monthly meeting of gardeners.
Therefore those groups as well participate in the community garden
