Urban farming in Russia
5 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in Russia. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.
Gorky Park Community Garden (Green School)
RUMoscow, Russia
A citizen-participation garden run by the Green School inside central Moscow's Gorky Park. Families and children grow eggplant, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, strawberries, salad greens, mint, sage and more in their own beds, functioning as an urban educational platform for learning to grow food.
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Garden on Karpovka (Ogorod na Karpovke)
RUSaint Petersburg, Russia
A resident-led urban gardening community on the Karpovka River embankment on St Petersburg's Apothecary Island. It links the island's 18th-century history of medicinal-herb gardens with contemporary urban gardening practice.
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Primorsky Victory Park Community Garden
RUSaint Petersburg, Russia
A community garden that appeared in 2020 in St Petersburg's Primorsky Victory Park, where residents grow herbs and salad greens in wooden planters; strong interest led to expansion of the plots.
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Mayakovsky Park Community Garden (Greenhouse)
RUYekaterinburg, Russia
Yekaterinburg's first community garden, opened in 2021 in Mayakovsky Central Park by converting an old greenhouse once used to grow the park's flowers. Residents rent beds free of charge and grow plants year-round.
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Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky Forest Community Garden
RUKazan, Russia
A community garden running since 2017 in Kazan's Gorkinsko-Ometyevsky Forest. Within an urban nature park surrounded by new residential developments, residents tend plots and enjoy harvests alongside lectures and workshops.
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