6 gardeners and gardenisers from Spain, Austria and France, came for a learning mobility experience in Rome, with the Erasmus+ Gardeniser Academy project. Their pathway crossed with the one of 7 gardenisers from the 5 urban community gardens that are being built in Barranquilla (Colombia) who came to Rome for their Gardeniser Pro internship.
2 pathways, 1 big aim: to do first-hand experiences and learn about good practices of urban community gardens in Rome, while discovering the resilient governance model for which the city of Rome received an European award.
12 urban community gardens explored, each with its own specificity:
Orti Urbani Garbatella (Rome Municipality VIII)
Orti Urbani Valle dei Casali (Rome Municipality XI)
Orti Sociali Arvalia (Rome Municipality XI)
Orti Urbani Monte Ciocci (Rome Municipality XIV)
O.U.C. Via della Consolata (Rome Municipality XII)
O.U.C. Parco Ort9 (Rome Municipality IX)
O.U.C. Valle dell’Aniene (Rome Municipality IV)
O.U.C Parco di Aguzzano (Rome Municipality IV)
O.U. adottati coop. Garibaldi (Rome Municipality VIII)
O.U.C. della Gru (Rome Municipality VI)
O.U.C. Tor Tre Teste (Rome Municipality V)
OUC Ortolino (Rome Municipality VIII)
The participants got to know local good practices, but also international good practices such as the paca digestora silva (originating from Colombia) that landed in Rome just one year ago, in 2023.
The exchange was further enriched by the exchange with representatives of the institutions: Sabrina Alfonsi, Councillor for Agriculture, Environment and Waste Cycle of Roma Capitale, Giammarco Palmieri, President of the Capitoline Environment Commission, Paola Marzi and Annamaria Appennini of the Urban Gardens Office of Roma Capitale, Cecilia Marocchino of FAO, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations.
