Urban Farm DB

Urban farming in Italy

4 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in Italy. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.

Community garden
Interim use2010

Zappata Romana

ITRome, Italy

A pioneering platform that maps and links Rome's shared community gardens; since its launch, the number of such gardens in the city has grown from 40 to more than 200.

CommunityFood educationBiodiversity

cooperativecity.org+1

Community garden
2013

Orti Dipinti Community Garden

ITFlorence, Italy

Located on Borgo Pinti in Florence's historic centre, said to be the only urban garden inside the UNESCO World Heritage zone. It regenerated a disused athletics track, practising sustainable growing with recycled materials and water-saving irrigation alongside food and environmental education. It is known for creating community space and greenery in the heart of a tourist city.

CommunityFood educationCompost+2

ortidipinti.it+2

Rooftop
2016

Ortoalto Le Fonderie Ozanam (OrtiAlti Rooftop Garden)

ITTurin, Italy

A 150 m² community roof garden created on a former factory building in Turin, directly linked to the restaurant below. As the first 'ortoalto' (elevated garden), it demonstrates a model for regenerating unused urban rooftops as places of food production, employment and neighbourhood exchange, and is referenced in Italy and abroad as an approach to rooftop-led urban regeneration.

CommunityFood educationWelfare+1

torinosocialimpact.it+2

Community garden
2018

Padua Participatory Spatial Multicriteria Community Gardens

ITPadua, Italy

Participatory spatial planning process in Padua using multicriteria analysis to identify suitable community garden sites for inclusive urban development

CommunityBiodiversityOrganic cycle

frontiersin.org

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Urban farming in Italy — 4 cases — Urban Farm DB