Jardin partagé des Mille Feuilles, Toulouse
Toulouse, France · Operator: 住民が設立したアソシアシオン（トゥールーズ市とパートナーシップ・敷地占用の協定を締結）
Overview
A shared garden that opened on 11 March 2026 in the Croix-Daurade neighbourhood of Toulouse, on the site of a demolished building. The design deliberately keeps the existing trees and vegetation, limiting full-ground cultivation and placing planters only on the previously built-over areas. It took about half a year from the autumn 2025 consultation to the residents forming their own association.
Citizen participation
After a round of public consultation in autumn 2025, residents of different generations met repeatedly to decide how the garden would be run and formed an association. The residents themselves operate it.
Operating model
The build-out was funded from Toulouse's participatory budget, and the residents' association signed a convention with the city hall covering the partnership and its occupation of the site — a form of free use of municipal land.
Impact
An example of turning an undecided demolition site into shared neighbourhood space by combining the city's participatory budget with public consultation. In France a jardin partagé is officially defined as a garden created or managed collectively, aiming to build local social ties through social, cultural or educational activity, and open to the public.
Land tenure
Municipal land, used by the residents' association under an occupation convention signed with the city hall.
Crops
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Scale
所在地は 5 bis rue Francis Lopez, 31200 Toulouse（クロワ＝ドラード地区）。既存の樹木・植生を残し、解体した建物の基礎など「舗装済みの部分」にだけプランターを置く設計
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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