Saitama City Recreation Gardens & Citizens' Forest Community Farm
Saitama, Japan · Operator: さいたま市
Overview
Saitama operates several municipal community farms, including recreation gardens and the Citizens' Forest Community Farm, with instructor-supported plots, giving residents farm experience, community exchange and nature learning — a participatory urban-agriculture policy harnessing a designated city's greenery and farmland.
Citizen participation
Residents experience farming at recreation gardens while enjoying recreation and community exchange, and grow vegetables and flowers at the Citizens' Forest Community Farm while interacting with and learning about nature. Some plots have instructors, making them accessible to beginners.
Operating model
A public community-farm system run and managed by Saitama City, funded by user fees, offering urban residents farm experience plus recreation and nature learning. The city also supports and guides those wishing to open community farms.
Impact
Within a designated city, advances farmland/green conservation together with residents' farm experience, nature learning and community exchange through community farms.
Crops
- 野菜全般
- 花
Scale
市が管理する市民農園は市内に複数（指導者付き区画を含む）。市民の森市民農園など緑とあわせた農園を運営
Sources（2）
This entry is compiled from the public sources, official sites and research below.
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