"Victory Gardens" is looking for powerful teams with ideas for urban gardens/gardens, ready to create change in their cities. Cities with more than 30 inhabitants can participate. We will choose three pilot projects, which will receive the necessary resources for implementation, support for the planning of gardens in your city, and expert support," it says. in the announcement of the initiative.
Community representatives note, city garden or vegetable garden is a public space for growing vegetables, fruits, greens in urban conditions, that is, on limited land resources.
"Such gardens were part of the daily life of the "home front" during both world wars in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, USA and Germany. The governments of these countries implemented programs of urban gardening - people planted in parks and on private plots", - explain the initiators of the competition.
Gardens can have different scales and forms of organization, planned in residential quarters of the city, next to a hostel or youth center, in a park, on balconies, in an office space or a restaurant, in a shelter for IDPs or even on the roofs of buildings.
The applicant can be a local self-government body, utility companies or institutions. Partnerships of local self-government bodies with public organizations, condominiums, informal initiatives, local entrepreneurs, etc. are welcomed.
To participate in the competition you need to fill out the form until August 19 inclusive. The selection results will be announced by the end of September.
"Gardens of Victory" is an initiative of the international technical assistance project "Support to Government Reforms in Ukraine" SURGe, Support to Ukraine's Reforms for Governance, financed by the Government of Canada and implemented by Alinea International.
The goal of the initiative is to effectively use every piece of land for growing food products in order to prevent a food crisis in Ukraine.
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