London Citizen Science Community Garden Crop Yields Study
London, United Kingdom · Operator: Community Gardeners & Research Partners
Overview
Citizen science project quantifying crop yields from London community gardens during 2019-2020 growing seasons to demonstrate urban farming productivity
Citizen participation
Citizen volunteers collect crop yield data from gardens using standardized methods
Operating model
Citizen science approach to quantify and share food production from community gardens
Impact
Demonstrated quantified food production from urban gardens and community scientific capacity
Crops
- vegetables
- fruits
- herbs
Scale
7 community gardens and 1 community farm across London
Sources（1）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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