1. Urban Gardening & Farming in the North of Vienna

2. 21 st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf Floridsdorf is one of two Viennese districts that are located „beyond the Danube“. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

3. 21 st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf Area: 44.4 km² Inhabitants: c. 146,000 A „peri-urban“ district Grown together from 5 formerly independent villages - Jedlersdorf, Jedlesee, Leopoldau, Stammersdorf, Strebersdorf - and parts founded in the 18 th (Floridsdorf “Am Spitz”) and 19 th (Donaufeld) centrury. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

4. 21 st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf More than 1/4 of the area are farms (including wineyards) and fields About 1/7 of the district area is used by individual home gardens c. 4 km² commercial and industrial areas c. 4 km² of greenery residences Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

5. 21 st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf c. 40% of the surface are green areas c. 10 km² are used for agriculture c. 3 km² individual home gardens c. 2.6 km² wineyards c. 2.5 km² woods c. 1.5 km² water surface Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

6. 21 st District, Vienna: Floridsdorf Located at the periphery of Vienna, Floridsdorf is predestinated for urban gardening & farming projects. The first urban gardening project started in 2006. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

7. Community Garden „The Field“ Community Garden “The Field” in the Donaufelder Strasse: 3,000 m², about 30 people. In 2006 a former fallow was leased from private individuals for gardening and relaxing. The vegetable beds are managed by individuals. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

8. Intercultural Garden „Bruno Kreisky House“ There is gardening in the courtyard of the Bruno Kreisky House, a home for asylum seekers in Floridsdorf, since spring 2009. Raised beds and flowerbeds were built there. The beds are managed by families, individuals and children. Now a wall greening is planned with edible climbing plants. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

9. Intercultural neighbourhood garden Roda-Roda-Gasse The first intercultural neighbourhood garden in a “Gemeindebau” (council flat estate) in Vienna-Strebersdorf started in 2009. People built the garden and share it. The Aim is to produce a free space for intercultural dialogue and collaborative work: When working with soil and plants, new roots in a foreign land can grow. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

10. Community garden refugee camp Winkeläckerweg In the refugee camp Winkeläckerweg about 150 people live, mainly families with their children. The conditions in the home are very cramped. Around the refugee camp there is a 2,000 m² green area, 500 m² are used as a community garden since spring 2010. A part is reserved for children. The children won the 2010 "Junior City Farming“ award. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

11. Mobile neighborhood garden Adolf-Loos-Gasse On the initiative of a resident, the idea of a little garden for children arose in 2009, later it became a neighborhood garden. With the support of the “Gartenpolylog” association, five mobile beds were built up in July 2011. The residents were accompanied for 10 weeks with professional support and advice. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

12. Self-harvesting project eco-harvest land In 2011, the Central Association of the garden plot holders established (on a total area of ​​15,000 m²) the eco-harvest land, a self-harvesting project south of Gerasdorfer Strasse. 128 people can manage a bit of green here. The plots have a size of about 115 m² and are partly planted with vegetables and berry bushes (one season at a price of € 200, -) Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

13. Unused farmland occupied In 2012 and 2013, the initiative „Solidary Agriculture“ (abbreviation: SoliLa!) occupied some farm land in Floridsdorf, which was not cultivated or used in another way for years. The occupiers criticized that it is absurd in times of „peak oil“ and „peak soil“ to use fertile land for building purposes and required food sovereignty. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

14. Neighbourhood garden Brossmannplatz The garden was installed by the “Gebietsbetreuung Floridsdorf” and opened 2013. With 22 beds, each 10 m², one community bed and two raised beds for persons with mobility restrictions, the garden offers 34 people close to their homes the opportunity to grow their own organic vegetables or create flowerbeds. Included: a nearby Kindergarden and Mobile Youth Work. Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

15. Common Agriculture “Wild Arugula” (“Wilde Rauke”) The Beginning Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

16. The Beginning Green Information Event on 28 th of March 2012: „Community Supported Agriculture Gärtnerhof Ochsenherz“ (Lower Austria) Club Foundation May 2012 Search for an agricultural land April 2012 – April 2013 Setting up infrastructure April 2013 – work in progress Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

17. The Field Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

18. The Vision Common Agriculture Orchard, vegetables, herbs Cooperation with an organic farm Open Garden – socio-political project Food sovereignty High Biodiversity Climate protection Social inclusion Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

19. Some impressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

20. Some impressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013

21. Some impressions Die Grünen Floridsdorf, Gabriele Tupy 12.10.2013