Vaksali community garden sprouted as a pilot project of MTÜ Majakas - ‘’Elavad aiad’’ With this project Majakas aimed to inspire people of Tartu to ‘’just’ do more urban gardening while using basic permaculture design. This all starting at their own yards.
The course of project shifted and turned into a community garden, which was runned during season of 2016. Together with NGO Elukas, we have turned old parking lot into a vibrant urban space, which layed the foundation for the ‘’Tartu Transition Town’’ group. We cleaned it, build several veggie beds, two greenhouses, a stage and a cob oven, which sort of became the hearth of the place. During this period we ran, several workshops, parties, community gatherings and we made a lot and lot of apple juice. In december 2016, we have been asked to leave the plot and moved to our current HUB ‘’Aleksandri avatud aed’’ - Aleksandri open garden. The whole project is documented here. |
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