38 results
GBTodmorden, United Kingdom
A citizen movement in a small UK town planting free-to-harvest crops in public gaps. Its 'edible town' concept has spread to communities worldwide.
incredible-edible-todmorden.co.uk
KENairobi, Kenya
Vertical sack gardening spreading through Nairobi's large Kibera settlement, where residents grow kale and spinach in soil-filled bags in densely packed areas with no farmland.
foodsystemsjournal.org+4
JPTokyo, Japan
A station-front garden built on artificial ground over buried Odakyu rail tracks, offering 300+ plots across about 5,000 m2 as an accessible urban allotment for beginners.
agris-seijo.jp+1
JPTokyo, Japan
A community-compost project hubbed at an Omotesando food court where residents within a 2-km radius bring household food scraps to compost together; the finished compost and vegetable-growing foster 'neighborly ties starting from soil' in central Tokyo.
corp.4nature.co.jp+2
USLos Angeles, United States
In South Central Los Angeles, a 'food desert,' fashion designer Ron Finley began planting vegetables on curbside strips and vacant lots; it grew into a movement where residents build DIY edible gardens to provide fresh food and to teach nutrition and self-reliance.
ted.com+1
GBLondon, United Kingdom
A movable organic garden built inside builders' skips in the middle of the King's Cross redevelopment in London. Made largely (~90%) from reclaimed materials, with beehives and bug hotels, it turned a gap space into a site for youth education and community.
globalgeneration.org.uk+1
JPKobe, Japan
Kobe's urban-farming push covers gardens in downtown parks, vacant lots and rooftops where residents grow and harvest their own food. Beyond raising interest in agriculture, it builds community and tackles city issues such as putting vacant land and houses to use, with the city's Machi no Noen Navi guiding people to the spots.
city.kobe.lg.jp+1
JP京都市 / Kyoto, Japan
A rain garden built by Kyoto City at a road intersection using traditional garden-making techniques such as karesansui (dry landscape). It takes in road runoff through an inlet and temporarily stores and infiltrates it in a gravel bed (suhama) up to ~30 cm thick, simultaneously delivering flood mitigation, groundwater recharge, heat-island relief, water purification and landscaping—an iconic multifunctional green infrastructure case.
city.kyoto.lg.jp+1
JP東京都世田谷区 / Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
The corridor created by undergrounding the Odakyu line (Shimokita Senrogai) was regenerated as continuous green infrastructure of a rain-garden plaza, open meadow and planting strips. The municipal Shimokita Rain Garden Plaza is designed so people can cross on stepping stones even when water pools, delivering stormwater management, biodiversity and community. The citizen group Shimokita Engei-bu is deeply involved through planting, beekeeping and composting.
shimokitazawa.info+2
JPTokyo, Japan
A participatory farm inside Yebisu Garden Place run jointly by the Urban Farmers Club NPO and Sapporo Real Estate — a corporate-partnership case turning a developer's complex into a citizen growing space.
workmill.jp+1
JPTokyo, Japan
Community gardens created under the JR Chuo Line viaduct by the NPO birth and JR East with citizen participation (since 2014) — a pattern for using railway viaduct gap space for citizen greening.
npo-birth.org
JPKawasaki, Japan
A Kawasaki planned-road site (~640㎡) used by the community as interim greenery/growing space until the road project advances — a pattern of citizens temporarily using a government project site.
mlit.go.jp
ATVienna, Austria
A Vienna program (since 2015) that funds citizens to temporarily turn public space into gardens, growing spaces and parklets — an overseas model of government funding citizen interim use.
planetizen.com
PELima, Peru
An urban agriculture project running since 2004 in Villa María del Triunfo, southern Lima, using vacant land under high-voltage power lines for women-led ecological gardens that build food security and community resilience.
corresponsables.com+1
IDYogyakarta, Indonesia
In the dense Bausasran neighbourhood ~500 m from Yogyakarta's Malioboro centre, urban farming grew out of the 2005 Proklim (climate village) programme. Using tiny plots and alleyways, residents grow diverse vegetables (cauliflower, lettuce, chili, eggplant, etc.) organically.
kesra.jogjakota.go.id+1
IDJakarta, Indonesia
The 'Gang Hijau' (Green Alley) movement greens and cultivates the narrow alleys of Jakarta's dense neighbourhoods. In areas like RW 16 Tomang, residents built nutrition gardens and a 'Hijau Lestari' sustainable-food zone. The programme grew from ~150 alleys to nearly 600 city-wide, with about 200 in North Jakarta.
barat.jakarta.go.id+1
IDMalang, Indonesia
Launched in February 2012 by RW 23 leader Bambang Irianto in Malang's Purwantoro area, 'Glintung Go Green (3G)' is a resident movement that transformed a flood-prone, crime- and sanitation-challenged kampung through alley-wall gardens, vertical farming and water-infiltration wells, achieving food security and environmental improvement.
mongabay.co.id+1
IDMakassar, Indonesia
Launched in 2014 by Makassar mayor Danny Pomanto, the 'Lorong Garden (Longgar)' flagship programme had residents—especially women—use the city's narrow alleys (described as the cells of the city) to grow ornamental and food plants, transforming them into clean, green spaces. It later evolved into 'Lorong Wisata'.
makassar.terkini.id+1
FIHelsinki, Finland
A symbolic hub of Finnish urban agriculture, regenerating a historic railway turntable in Pasila, central Helsinki. It turned a leftover piece of rail infrastructure into a greenhouse, garden and event space—a laboratory for sustainable food production, peer learning and urban culture.
kaantopoyta.fi+2
KENairobi, ケニア
A community-driven garden-in-a-sack program initiated in response to post-election violence and food insecurity in 2008. Expanded across slum areas of Nairobi (Mathare, Kiambiu, Mukuru, Kibera) directly benefiting 22,000 households and over 110,000 people.
afas.africa
NGLagos, ナイジェリア
Self-help horticultural gardens managed by residents in the Eti-osa Local Government Area of Lagos, Nigeria, utilizing road set-backs to address limited land availability while greening the community.
doi.org
NGLagos, Nigeria
Community-driven vertical garden intervention initiated in 2014 in Agege. Bottom-up approach to low-cost innovation with community members contributing expertise and decision-making.
una.city
GRAthens, Greece
Large-scale community farm project in Antonis Tritsis Park, Athens. 50,000 square meters of park land transformed into community food production area. Integrates urban greening with food production. Operates with citizen participation and educational programs. A significant-scale example of urban agriculture in Greece.
astydama.com+1
NGLagos, Nigeria
Lagos State government initiative encouraging urban farming to increase local food production from 20-24% to 40-50% by 2025. Citizens are adopting household gardening to address food security, reduce market dependence, and lower costs.
climateaction.africa+1
GHAccra, Ghana
Launched in December 2023, the Accra Home Gardening Initiative encourages urban households to grow vegetables. Approximately 50% of Accra residents maintain small backyard gardens. Positioned as a climate-adaptation strategy.
cityfarmer.info+1
THBangkok / Jakarta, Thailand & Indonesia
Comparative study of sustainable urban farming practices in Thailand and Indonesia. Community-driven agriculture addressing loss of agricultural land due to rapid urbanization. Both countries' municipalities providing space, funding, and awareness programs.
journal-iasssf.com+1
PELima, Peru
Multiple community kitchens in Metropolitan Lima operate hydroponics systems optimizing water and nutrient use. Vegetables produced are directly used in linked community kitchens for meal preparation, linking food security with healthy food access.
panoramas.secure.pitt.edu
ZAJohannesburg, South Africa
Small-scale farmers in Johannesburg practice urban agriculture through direct-to-community short food value chains. Reduces middlemen, improving farmer incomes while enhancing community food access. Represents an 'invisible' but significant local food economy.
link.springer.com+1
KENairobi, Kenya
Sack farming method in Kibera: filling sacks with soil and organic waste, then vertically stacking them on rooftops, balconies, and fences to grow leafy vegetables. Over 1,000 residents have adopted this approach with NGO and government support, serving as a grassroots food security solution.
frontiersin.org+1
ZACape Town, South Africa
Abalimi Bezekhaya (established 1982 during Apartheid) assists thousands to set up and maintain home and community gardens on tiny city land fragments. Harvest of Hope social business sells produce to Cape Town residents.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
ZACape Town, South Africa
Non-profit micro-farming organisation established in 1982. Operates in Cape Flats informal settlement areas of Cape Town, providing basic human necessities for indigent people through small-scale farming support. A long-term urban agriculture support model in South Africa. Focuses on addressing food insecurity and livelihood support.
researchgate.net+1
NZWellington, New Zealand
Urban food forest developing in Wellington's inner city as of May 2025. Research on post-disaster food security potential. Studies on vegetable self-sufficiency rates and nutritional content from community gardens.
doi.org
NZChristchurch, New Zealand
Urban food forest developing in Christchurch's inner city as of May 2025. Community-led food production and environmental regeneration initiative.
verticalfarmingforum.com
UGKampala, Uganda
Urban agriculture in Kampala operates as an evolved and dynamic urban livelihood, attracting farmers across income levels with sustainable food production practices
link.springer.com
ETAddis Ababa, Ethiopia
Urban agriculture in Addis Ababa's Kirkos sub-city provides household food security for low-income families using low-input, organic methods
frontiersin.org
SEStockholm, Sweden
Stockholm community garden on a reclaimed abandoned railroad track, founded in 2012 by non-profit association. Demonstrates both innovative land use and challenges of tenure stability.
towardsthehumancity.org
KENairobi, Kenya
'Sack gardening', which spread in Nairobi's Kibera slum following the 2007–2008 post-election violence. It is an urban farming method in which landless residents secure food through vertical cultivation in soil-filled sacks, with women playing a leading role.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov+1
FRLyon, France
The Lyon chapter of the international Incredible Edible movement (begun 2008 in Todmorden, UK), active since 2011. Volunteers plant vegetables and herbs in shared street planters that anyone can harvest, turning public space into a free 'self-service' vegetable garden. Planters are placed using permaculture principles based on sunlight and water access.
lyon.lesincroyablescomestibles.fr+1