Leonardo Garden (Leonardo kert), Budapest
Budapest, Hungary · Operator: KÉK – Kortárs Építészeti Központ（現代建築センター）と地域住民
Overview
A flagship model garden of Budapest's community-garden movement led by the Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK). An empty building site in District 8 was divided into 95 plots tended together by citizens of all ages. Closed in 2018 when construction began, it helped spread Hungary's community-gardening movement.
Citizen participation
One of the model gardens of the community-garden movement that the Contemporary Architecture Centre (KÉK) has driven since 2010. An empty building site in District 8 was divided into 95 plots tended by young people, families and pensioners growing vegetables, herbs and flowers. It welcomed school groups and hosted public events — film screenings, children's programmes, yoga and live music — before closing in 2018 when the landowner began construction.
Operating model
A non-profit community garden in which the NGO KÉK temporarily used a vacant lot, run through plot fees and volunteers, emphasising education, culture and community alongside growing.
Impact
In post-socialist Hungary it turned a vacant lot into a multigenerational community garden and helped spread KÉK's nationwide community-gardening movement, influencing many later gardens as a model of interim land use and citizen participation.
Land tenure
Operated on a temporarily borrowed empty building site, but was vacated and closed in 2018 when the landowner started construction.
Crops
- 野菜
- ハーブ
- 花卉
Scale
960 m² — ブダペスト8区の空き建設用地（約960㎡）を95区画に分けて運営。約3分の1を映画上映・子ども向け企画・ヨガ・音楽などの共有スペースとした
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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