Urban farming events

When: 2026-04-09 – 2026-11-30 · Where: Incheon, South Korea

Organizer: 仁川広域市中区庁

A district-run community allotment on undeveloped state land in Yeongjong International City, Incheon. Residents selected through a public application each cultivate a 20 sq m plot; the number of plots grew from 93 last year to 160 this year. The opening day on 9 April included hands-on planting of leafy and fruiting vegetables and succulent arrangements; through the growing season (to 30 November) the district also runs a five-session urban-farming education program covering cultivation techniques and plot management — a small, resident-facing municipal allotment garden.

When: 2026-05-15 – 2026-09-30 · Where: Warsaw, Poland

Organizer: MOST Farm Cooperative, AMPLE Warsaw

MOST Farm's spring-summer educational workshop series for underprivileged communities. Covers food education, environmental literacy, and practical farming skills.

When: 2026-06-05 – 2026-08-31 · Where: Lagos, Nigeria

Organizer: Lagos Food Bank Initiative

Lagos Food Bank's monthly training workshops on backyard farming, snail rearing, poultry production, and food security. Provides seeds and tools to participants.

When: 2026-06-27 – 2026-08-30 · Where: Île-de-France (Paris region), France

Organizer: Région Île-de-France

The 10th edition of the Île-de-France Region's flagship summer programme. More than 200 green spaces — including shared community gardens (jardins partagés), family and educational gardens, and urban farms — open their gates over two months with workshops, guided tours, talks and concerts, mostly free, inviting citizens to engage with local greenery and growing.

When: 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-11 · Where: Tokyo (世田谷区), Japan

Organizer: 世田谷区エコプラザ用賀・リサイクル千歳台

A summer-holiday special run by Setagaya Ward's Recycle Chitosedai facility. Over two sessions, children learn hands-on how to compost household food scraps — suitable as a summer free-study project. A small neighbourhood course, 11:00〜12:00 each.

When: 2026-08-02 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Issatsudo in Kita Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-02 · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: Kobe City Department of Environmental Resources and Recycling / Ondo Cooperative

Kobe Compost Workshop. Observation is also possible (observers are not eligible for the container giveaway).

When: 2026-08-04 – 2026-08-06 · Where: São Paulo, Brazil

Organizer: Brazilian Animal Protein Association (ABPA)

Brazil's premier event for agro-industrial sector uniting poultry, cattle, pig, and farmed fish industries with 100+ agribusinesses from 60+ countries.

When: 2026-08-05 · Where: Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States

Organizer: ランカスター・コンポスト・コープ（Lancaster Compost Co-Ops）

A neighborhood orientation session at Brandon Park in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, introducing residents to the basics of a resident-run 'compost co-op' — a small, open-to-all community composting gathering.

When: 2026-08-07 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Hata tainohata playground in Suma Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-07 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session held at community gardens throughout Kobe. This session focuses on composting techniques and practices for citizens.

When: 2026-08-08 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at pick! nic! farm in Suma Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-08 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at pick! nic! farm (Suma Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Futaba Gakusha in Nagata Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Futaba Gakusha in Nagata Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Futaba Gakusha in Nagata Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Futaba Gakusha in Nagata Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Futaba Gakusha in Nagata Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward). Multiple sessions held on Aug 9, 2026.

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Futaba-gakusha (Nagata Ward).

When: 2026-08-09 · Where: Kobe (長田区), Japan

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課／一般社団法人オンド（こうべコンポストプロジェクト）

Craft workshops for primary-school children at Futaba Gakusha (7-1-18 Futaba-cho, Nagata Ward, Kobe), held on the same day as the bamboo-compost sessions. Four booths run by local growers: bamboo ornaments and bamboo-charcoal (Kamihogawa Field Regeneration Network), bamboo chopstick-making (pick! nic! farm), bamboo fan-making (Kobe Compost secretariat) and himmeli straw mobiles (Nora Farm). A patchwork session for decorating the composters handed out at the workshops runs alongside (15 groups per slot). Free, with a small materials charge for some crafts.

When: 2026-08-10 – 2026-08-16 · Where: Nationwide, United Kingdom

Organizer: The National Allotment Society (NAS)

A UK awareness week begun in 2002. Allotment sites across the country hold open days and events, highlighting the health, social and environmental benefits of growing your own food and encouraging local participation.

When: 2026-08-11 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Minna no Ueen Zenshouji in Suma Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-11 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Minna-no-uen Zensyoji (Suma Ward).

When: 2026-08-12 · Where: Melbourne (Ashburton), Australia

Organizer: アシュバートン・コミュニティガーデン／ギズボーン・ガーデンクラブ

A small local gathering hosted by the Ashburton Community Garden in a Melbourne suburb, co-presented with the Gisborne Garden Club, featuring a talk by landscape designer Jim Fogarty — an intimate get-together for neighborhood gardening enthusiasts.

When: 2026-08-14 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Tago Bamboo Project in Kita Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-14 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Takogo Bamboo Project (Kita Ward).

When: 2026-08-15 · Where: Singapore, Singapore

Organizer: National Parks Board (NParks) / Community in Bloom

A day of gardening and lifestyle activities held by Singapore's National Parks Board at HortPark. In 2026 it takes place on 7 February, 13–14 June and Saturday 15 August. Highlights include a community-garden marketplace, expert talks and demonstrations, free guided tours of HortPark, and kids' activities such as storytelling and handicrafts — an event that brings citizens closer to gardening and community farming.

When: 2026-08-15 · Where: Buffalo, New York, United States

Organizer: ガーデンズ・バッファロー・ナイアガラ（Gardens Buffalo Niagara）／BFLOワームワークス

A community open-house day touring food gardens large and small across Buffalo's urban and suburban neighborhoods. Local vermicomposting business BFLO Worm Works offers behind-the-scenes tours and hands-on soil-health workshops. Rain or shine, 10am–3pm.

When: 2026-08-20 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Well Avenue Marche in Nishi Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-20 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Well Avenue Marche in Nishi Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-21 · Where: 遠野市, Japan

Organizer: 遠野ホップ収穫祭実行委員会・遠野市

Annual large-scale hop harvest festival held in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. Features local craft beer and seasonal local food products, celebrating hop harvest and regional agriculture. Evening festival opening.

When: 2026-08-22 · Where: 神戸市, Japan

Organizer: こうべコンポストプロジェクト（神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド）

Official Kobe Compost Project workshop held at Kaze Cabin Farm in Kita Ward. Free compost container provided upon completion.

When: 2026-08-22 · Where: 遠野市, Japan

Organizer: 遠野ホップ収穫祭実行委員会・遠野市

Annual large-scale hop harvest festival held in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. Features local craft beer and seasonal local food products, celebrating hop harvest and regional agriculture. Main festival on Saturday.

When: 2026-08-22 · Where: 神戸市, 日本

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課・一般社団法人オンド

Kobe Compost Project rotating workshop session at Kaze Cabin Farm (Kita Ward).

When: 2026-08-22 · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: Kobe City Department of Environmental Resources and Recycling / Ondo Cooperative

Kobe Compost Workshop.

When: 2026-08-22 – 2026-08-29 · Where: San Jose, California, United States

Organizer: カリフォルニア大学協同拡張局 サンタクララ郡支局（UC ANR）

Free-or-low-cost neighborhood composting basics workshops run by UC Cooperative Extension's Santa Clara County office at two San Jose public library branches, teaching residents the fundamentals of backyard composting.

When: 2026-08-23 · Where: 遠野市, Japan

Organizer: 遠野ホップ収穫祭実行委員会・遠野市

Annual large-scale hop harvest festival held in Tono, Iwate Prefecture. Features local craft beer and seasonal local food products, celebrating hop harvest and regional agriculture. Main festival on Sunday.

When: 2026-08-24 · Where: Bucharest, Romania

Organizer: Grădinescuネットワーク

A herb-harvesting gathering at Grădinescu, a 2,300 m² community garden built on a former supermarket lot in Bucharest. Residents pick and share mint, thyme, sage and rosemary together in this small, recurring community activity.

When: 2026-08-29 – 2026-08-30 · Where: Oslo, Norway

Organizer: ソルヴァング市民農園（Solvang kolonihager、複数区画の各運営組合合同）

An annual open weekend at Oslo's historic Solvang allotment-garden colony held on the last weekend of August. Individual garden sections open their cabins and plots to the public, and each section runs its own small autumn market — homemade pies, jam and juice alongside a flea market — making it a modest, resident-run harvest-season gathering rather than a large organized festival.

When: 2026-09-06 · Where: Harjumaa (North Estonia region), Estonia

Organizer: Eesti Toidutee / Kohalik Toit - Arenduskoda（エストニア・地産地消ネットワーク）

An annual day when North Estonian residents open their home greenhouses, gardens and veranda plots to neighbours for free. Not a large formal festival but a small mutual open-house day organised through the local food network 'Toidutee', where participants swap growing tips and surplus seedlings.

When: 2026-09-12 · Where: Todmorden, United Kingdom

Organizer: Regenerative Foods

A free food festival at Centre Vale Park in Todmorden — home of Incredible Edible — on Saturday 12 September 2026, 10:30–16:00. It gathers regenerative and organic growers, community groups, makers, street-food vendors and demos to celebrate the local regenerative food system and a wilder, more nature-filled region — an open event where citizens can learn about biodiversity and local food.

When: 2026-09-14 – 2026-09-17 · Where: Kansas City, United States

Organizer: Kansas State University (K-State Olathe)

A biennial symposium gathering researchers, practitioners and city staff around urban food systems and agriculture, with keynotes, panels, 40 presentations and 30+ posters sharing knowledge on community gardens and urban farming.

When: 2026-09-15 – 2026-09-17 · Where: Quito, Ecuador

Organizer: Quito Municipality Economic Development Agency, AGRUPAR

Three-day celebration of AGRUPAR's 24-year urban agriculture program. Features exhibitions and sales from 4,700+ participants, agricultural seminars, and 'Fruits of Our Land' cultural art-food fusion displays.

When: 2026-09-18 – 2026-09-20 · Where: Bednary, Poland

Organizer: Polish Chamber of Commerce for Agricultural Machines and Facilities

Largest outdoor agricultural exhibition in Europe with 800+ exhibitors, 120,000+ visitors, 120 hectares showcasing machinery, crop technology, and modern farming innovations.

When: 2026-09-19 · Where: Cardiff, United Kingdom

Organizer: Grangetown Kitchen Garden (GKG Cardiff)

A kitchen garden rooted in Grangetown, Cardiff's multicultural community, with an orchard, no-dig beds, a polytunnel and wildlife areas growing everything from pumpkins to lemongrass. A newly listed 2026 National Garden Scheme entrant, opening once a year to the public — a small, locally run urban garden.

When: 2026-09-19 · Where: London, United Kingdom

Organizer: London City Farms and Community Gardens Association

Running since 1998, this festival brings together London's city farms and community gardens for a livestock, horticulture and home-produce show at Mudchute Park & Farm on the Isle of Dogs — as much a chance for member organizations to connect as a public celebration.

When: 2026-09-20 · Where: Vilnius, Lithuania

Organizer: Mugių centras（主催団体）／Akropolis Vilnius

As part of a travelling "Great Seedling Market" touring Lithuanian cities, this autumn stop sets up outside Akropolis Vilnius on 20 September, with small nurseries and growers selling saplings, perennials, bulbs and vegetable-garden starts directly to residents for home gardens, balconies and allotments. The same circuit also stops in Šiauliai (5 Sept) and Klaipėda (12 Sept) that same month.

When: 2026-09-22 – 2026-09-23 · Where: Mexico City, Mexico

Organizer: World Agri-Tech

Summit advancing resilient agri-tech systems with local and international start-ups, regenerative agriculture strategies, and climate-smart practices.

When: 2026-09-27 – 2026-09-28 · Where: Mansfield, United States

Organizer: Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Co.

A nationwide celebration of heirloom seeds, vegetables and fruit. The 2026 edition runs 27–28 September at Baker Creek's farm in Mansfield, Missouri. It features displays of 1,000+ rare flowers, vegetables and fruit, talks by seed-savers and plant breeders, and its signature 'Great Seed Swap', where home gardeners and citizens bring and exchange seeds and stories. Admission $10 per adult for both days; under-18s free.

When: 2026-09-27 – 2026-09-28 · Where: Mansfield, Missouri, United States

Organizer: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds（ベイカークリーク・エアルームシード）

A harvest festival hosted by heirloom-seed company Baker Creek at its Missouri home in Mansfield, where gardeners from near and far bring and swap rare heirloom seeds and share growing and seed-saving knowledge — a citizen celebration of crop diversity. The 2026 edition runs 27–28 September (admission $10/adult, valid both days).

When: 2026-09-27 – 2026-09-28 · Where: Mansfield, Missouri, United States

Organizer: Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds

A festival of heirloom harvests and seed-saving traditions drawing home gardeners, small farmers and homesteaders from around the world. Two days of 1,000+ rare vegetable, fruit and flower displays, a seed swap and talks on seed-saving and plant breeding. Adults US$10, under-18s free.

When: 2026-10-07 · Where: Auckland, New Zealand

Organizer: Auckland Botanic Gardens

A free workshop (11am–12pm, no booking needed) where the garden's curator introduces edible flowers — which are safe to eat, creative ways to use them and how to dry them.

When: 2026-10-17 – 2026-11-07 · Where: Suwon, South Korea

Organizer: 水原特例市農業技術センター（塔洞市民農場）

A small family-oriented program at Topdong Citizen Farm in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, where an urban-agriculture expert guides children and parents through seasonal crop and insect observation. Sessions 1–2 cover garden storytelling, 3–4 cover autumn insects and bulb planting, and session 5 covers kimchi-vegetable observation and making kkakdugi. Open to Suwon-resident families with children.

When: 2026-10-19 – 2026-10-20 · Where: Tokyo (Adachi Ward), Japan

Organizer: 足立区都市農業公園（公益財団法人都市農地活用支援センター）

An autumn harvest festival at the Adachi Ward Urban Agriculture Park in Tokyo. Visitors enjoy pesticide-free vegetable sales, rice-threshing experiences, and craft activities (natural dyeing, herbarium bottles). A small local event for ward residents connecting city life to urban farming, planned for 19–20 October 2026.

When: 2026-10-21 · Where: Nationwide, United Kingdom

Organizer: Common Ground 発祥／各地のコミュニティ果樹園・団体

A citizen celebration of apple diversity and local orchards, started by Common Ground in 1990. Village events and community orchards across the UK now host variety displays, juicing and grafting workshops, supporting heritage varieties, pollinators and biodiversity.

When: 2026-10-24 · Where: Ottawa, Canada

Organizer: Brewer Park Community Garden

A season-closing communal workday at this not-for-profit community garden in Old Ottawa South: volunteers drain and close the water system, clear out plots, and turn the compost together, capped off with a potluck and games — a small, resident-run harvest event.

When: 2026-11-07 · Where: Brisbane, Australia

Organizer: Community Gardens Australia / Grow It Local / Permaculture Australia

The Queensland edition of the 2026 Community Growing Conference series, co-hosted by Community Gardens Australia, Grow It Local and Permaculture Australia. Venue in Brisbane TBC. Open to community garden coordinators, volunteers and growers across Queensland, featuring keynotes on regenerative growing and local food systems, plus practical workshops.

When: 2026-11-07 – 2026-11-15 · Where: Nationwide, Australia

Organizer: The Wheen Bee Foundation

Australia's annual national awareness week celebrating pollinators (bees, butterflies, birds) in spring. Schools, councils, community gardens, and Landcare groups independently host pollinator observation walks, native-bee workshops, garden open days, and habitat-planting sessions. The 2026 edition runs 7–15 November.

When: 2026-11-17 – 2026-11-19 · Where: Warsaw, Poland

Organizer: PTAK Warsaw Expo

International B2B trade fair for organic food, beverages, and bio-production technologies. Expected 10,000+ visitors and 300+ exhibitors.

When: 2026-12-04 – 2026-12-05 · Where: Bouaké, Côte d'Ivoire

Organizer: ONG 2Auci（Agir pour l'agriculture urbaine en Côte d'Ivoire）

The first edition of the Journées de l'agriculture urbaine (JAU), organized by the local NGO 2Auci (Agir pour l'agriculture urbaine en Côte d'Ivoire) in Bouaké, a market-gardening hub in central Côte d'Ivoire whose wetlands supply much of the city's fresh vegetables. Over two days, local authorities, producers, researchers, civil-society groups, youth and women gather for talks, panels, hands-on workshops and exhibitions addressing land access, financing, appropriate techniques and training for urban growers.

When: 2027-01-07 – 2027-01-08 · Where: Oxford, United Kingdom

Organizer: Real Farming Trust

An international conference championing agroecology and food sovereignty, supporting small-scale, citizen and community farming; practitioners and citizens engaged in urban and local food join for learning and exchange.

When: Annually in November (2025 edition held Nov 15–16 at Hikarigaoka Park) · Where: Tokyo (Nerima), Japan

Organizer: 全国都市農業フェスティバル実行委員会（練馬区ほか）

One of Japan's largest urban-agriculture events, joined by municipalities nationwide. Markets of fresh local produce, farmer-led workshops and talks let citizens engage with food and farming; the 2025 edition drew 32 municipalities.

When: Every November — a month of events across Australia · Where: Nationwide, Australia

Organizer: Sustain: The Australian Food Network

A nationwide celebration of urban agriculture held every November in backyards, community gardens, laneways, schools and markets — hundreds of open gardens, workshops, crop swaps, forums and communal feasts.

When: An early-June weekend each year (2026 edition: 6–7 June) · Where: London, United Kingdom

Organizer: London Gardens Trust (London Parks & Gardens)

A weekend when 100+ normally locked London gardens open at once — including community allotments bristling with veg and rooftop plots. Proceeds support parks-and-gardens work and the participating community gardens.

When: Last Saturday of January each year (2027: 30 Jan); seed swaps and growing/compost workshops are held nationwide. · Where: Nationwide, United States

Organizer: Washington Gardener Magazine ほか各地の団体

A seed-exchange event that began in Washington, D.C. in 2006. Home gardeners bring and swap seeds, supporting heirloom varieties, biodiversity and community, often alongside growing and composting workshops.

When: Each spring (2026: 16 May, 11th edition at Maddox Park). · Where: Atlanta, United States

Organizer: Food Well Alliance / WABE

One of Atlanta's largest urban-agriculture celebrations — workshops on composting, beekeeping and gardening, a farmers market and free compost giveaways. A fundraiser supporting 300+ farms, community gardens and orchards across metro Atlanta.

When: Around April each year (formerly 'Big Dig'); days when London's community gardens, city farms and school plots open the new growing season. · Where: London, United Kingdom

Organizer: Capital Growth / Sustain

A festival of urban food growing run by Capital Growth (part of the food-and-farming charity Sustain), one of the world's largest urban growing networks with 2,000+ members, where newcomers can try growing through open gardens and workshops.

When: First full week of May each year (2026: 3–9 May); composting and soil-building workshops and events are held worldwide. 2026 theme: 'Compost! Feed the Soil that Feeds Us'. · Where: Worldwide

Organizer: Compost Research & Education Foundation (Compost Foundation)

An international awareness week for learning and sharing the benefits of composting and building healthy soil; community gardens, municipalities and citizen groups hold workshops and compost giveaways worldwide.

When: Seed-swap events held in 100+ towns each year, mostly from January to April. Seeds of Diversity Canada maintains the listing. · Where: Canada

Organizer: Seeds of Diversity Canada ほか各地の市民団体

An umbrella of seed-swap and seed-sharing events held in 100+ Canadian towns each year, where citizens trade seeds, join workshops and meet seed vendors — an inexpensive, grassroots way to support seed saving and biodiversity.

When: Every Sunday 11 am–2 pm (or until sold out) at The Degnan Microfarm, Leimert Park, Los Angeles · Where: Los Angeles, United States

Organizer: Crop Swap LA

A weekly grassroots farm stand at The Degnan Microfarm in Leimert Park, LA, run by Crop Swap LA. Offers freshly harvested produce, seedlings, seeds, and soil; EBT users receive 50% off. Focuses on food justice in a historically underserved neighbourhood.

When: Third Thursday of each month during daylight saving (approx. Oct–Apr), 5–8 pm, Camperdown, Sydney NSW · Where: Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

Organizer: Pocket City Farms

A monthly evening volunteer 'working bee' at Pocket City Farms, an urban farm in Sydney's inner west. Volunteers help with weeding, planting, composting, and other farm tasks; a communal dinner is shared afterwards. Capacity-limited, registration required.

When: Wednesdays 2–3:30 pm, May through October each year, at TMU Urban Farm, Toronto · Where: Toronto, Canada

Organizer: Toronto Metropolitan University Urban Farm

A recurring volunteer session at Toronto Metropolitan University's rooftop urban farm, open to the public May–October every Wednesday afternoon. Participants join students and staff in planting, harvesting, and compost management while learning about food and ecology.

When: First Sunday of each month from January 2026, in Carabanchel district, Madrid · Where: Carabanchel, Madrid, Spain

Organizer: Jardín de Libros Nómadas

A monthly neighbourhood open day at Jardín de Libros Nómadas, a small community garden in Madrid's Carabanchel district. Launched in January 2026, the event welcomes locals to discover the project, meet volunteers, and contribute to the garden on the first Sunday of each month.

When: Planned for October 2026 (specific date to be confirmed) · Where: London, United Kingdom

Organizer: Capital Growth / Sustain

A London-wide food-growing conference planned for October 2026 by Capital Growth, London's food-growing network run by Sustain. It brings together community gardens, allotments and city farms to share knowledge on urban food growing for climate and community resilience.

When: Held annually on the first Sunday of February (most recently 1 Feb 2026; next edition expected Feb 2027) · Where: Brighton, United Kingdom

Organizer: Brighton & Hove Food Partnership

The UK's largest community seed swap, held in Brighton on the first Sunday of February each year. Free to all, visitors swap or donate seeds at a giant 'seed table', discover heirloom varieties, and enjoy talks, workshops, plant and gardening stalls and children's activities — connecting allotment, garden and balcony growers.

When: Monthly on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00; capped at 15 volunteers – sign-up recommended, walk-ins welcome if capacity allows · Where: Copenhagen, Denmark

Organizer: Øens Have

Recurring monthly volunteer working days at Øens Have, Scandinavia's largest urban farm on Refshaleøen (Copenhagen's former industrial shipyard district). Sessions are held Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:00, capped at 15 volunteers. Participants work alongside the farm team growing organic vegetables, herbs and mushrooms, and receive a farm-made lunch (baby kale, mushrooms, hummus, quinoa and sourdough). A small, hands-on community farming experience in the heart of Copenhagen.

When: Year-round (rolling composting workshops touring partner community gardens and markets, compost collection, and bamboo-compost activities) · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: 神戸市環境局資源循環課／一般社団法人オンド（こうべコンポストプロジェクト）

A resource-circulation programme run by Kobe City's Environment Bureau (Resource Recycling Division) with the general incorporated association Ondo. It promotes 'Kiero' soil-burial composting and 'bamboo compost' using chips from the city's neglected bamboo groves. Through free composting workshops (with composter giveaways) touring partner gardens and markets, household-compost collection, and children's environment workshops, it links the reuse of kitchen waste with the upkeep of abandoned bamboo forests.

When: Held autumn 2025; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Okayama, Japan

Organizer: 岡山市

Okayama City's autumn harvest festival with many direct-sale produce and gourmet booths, celebrating local food and connecting citizens to seasonal regional crops.

When: Held in 2025 (Expo-linked); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: 大阪府

Osaka Prefecture's local-food marche selling Osaka-grown produce and specialties with food trucks serving local dishes, celebrating seasonal regional farming.

When: Run year-round per harvest season; no fixed date · Where: Nagoya, Japan

Organizer: 名古屋市

Nagoya City's harvest-experience farms where citizens deepen understanding of urban agriculture through hands-on harvesting and enjoy freshly picked vegetables.

When: Held around September yearly (2024 edition Sep 7 at Satoland Center); date varies · Where: Sapporo, Japan

Organizer: 札幌市農業支援センター

Harvest festival selling fresh vegetables grown by students of the citizens' 'Sapporo Farm School' course, run by Sapporo's agriculture support center.

When: Held as a social experiment 2015–2021; permanent since 2023, with farmers markets and an urban-farming volunteer garden · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: URBAN PICNIC実行委員会（神戸市）

An urban-park project on the lawn plaza of Kobe's Higashi-Yuenchi featuring an outdoor library, farmers markets and a citizen volunteer urban-farming garden.

When: Held spring 2024; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: URBAN PICNIC（神戸市・東遊園地）

A market run by Kobe's URBAN PICNIC at Higashi-Yuenchi, including a green talk session with stakeholders promoting urban farming.

When: Held seasonally throughout the year; no single fixed date · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: 兵庫楽農生活センター（兵庫県）

Seasonal experience fairs at Hyogo's Agri-Life Center, where seasonal vegetables and fruit can be enjoyed through restaurant menus, farm stands and harvest/processing experiences.

When: Held a late-October weekend yearly (e.g. Oct 25–26); date varies by year · Where: Itoshima, Japan

Organizer: 糸島市農業公園 ファームパーク伊都国

Autumn harvest festival at Itoshima's urban-rural exchange hub Farm Park Itokoku, with local produce sales and experiences connecting city and countryside (spring counterpart: Noryoku-sai).

When: Held a mid/late-April weekend yearly (e.g. Apr 19–20); date varies by year · Where: Itoshima, Japan

Organizer: 糸島市農業公園 ファームパーク伊都国

Spring agri-forestry festival at Itoshima's agricultural park, with local farm produce sales and hands-on events against a rural backdrop, deepening urban-rural exchange.

When: Held regularly (29th edition in 2019, continuing); see official site for each edition · Where: Fukuoka, Japan

Organizer: 九州旅客鉄道・JR博多シティ・ぐるなび・NKB

An urban farmers' market at JR Hakata Station plaza where Kyushu producers sell fresh produce and goods directly, with collaboration menus between farmers and eateries.

When: Held over a spring weekend (azalea season); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Nakagawa, Japan

Organizer: 博多南自然体験ファーム

An anniversary marche at a hands-on farm in Nakagawa, Fukuoka, known for seasonal harvest experiences and food-education programs, gathering local makers.

When: Held in FY2024; see official site for exact date · Where: Nago, Japan

Organizer: 沖縄県農業大学校

Okinawa Agricultural College's open festival with produce sales, opening of vegetable/flower/fruit practice fields and harvest experiences for the community.

When: Last Sunday monthly, 9:00–14:00, at JR Nara Station plaza (subject to change) · Where: Nara, Japan

Organizer: 奈良フードシェッド

A monthly farmers market centered on small growers at JR Nara Station plaza, offering organic and natural-farming produce and goods with producer interaction.

When: Held year-round by season (rice planting/harvest classes, sweet-potato digging Sep–Nov, etc.); no fixed date · Where: Ryuo, Japan

Organizer: 道の駅 アグリパーク竜王

An experiential agri-park in Ryuo, Shiga, offering year-round seasonal harvest experiences—rice planting/harvesting classes, sweet-potato and taro digging—teaching food and farming.

When: Held during the citizen-farm season (harvest festival, cultivation classes); no fixed date · Where: Hiroshima, Japan

Organizer: 公益財団法人広島市農林水産振興センター

Harvest festivals and cultivation classes at Hiroshima City's citizen farms, where users learn to grow vegetables and flowers and share the joy of harvest.

When: Year-round seasonal vegetable harvest experiences; no fixed date · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: 神戸ポートアイランドあおぞら農園

One-day harvest (vegetable-picking) experiences at Aozora Farm, an urban allotment on Kobe's Port Island, letting visitors easily enjoy picking seasonal vegetables near the city.

When: Every Wednesday, 14:00–19:00, in front of Yodoyabashi odona · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: 大阪マルシェ ほんまもん運営事務局

A weekly urban marche in central Osaka's Yodoyabashi offering artisanal foods and organic vegetables, a regular local-food event connecting producers and city consumers.

When: Held roughly monthly; no single fixed date · Where: Ritto, Japan

Organizer: おうみんち（JAおうみ富士）

A roughly monthly farmers market in Shiga selling fresh local vegetables and fruit, a regular local-food event connecting growers and consumers.

When: Held year-round by season (parent-child food-education and farming experiences); no fixed date · Where: Kyoto, Japan

Organizer: キッズファーム in 京都大原

A farm in Kyoto's Ohara offering parent-child food-education experiences, with programs where children and parents learn about food and farming through growing and harvesting vegetables.

When: Held in 2025 (official announcement page exists); exact date not confirmed in search results. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: 一般財団法人都市農地活用支援センター

2025 annual lecture by the Urban Agricultural Land Utilization Support Center on creating agricultural spaces within cities.

When: On-demand web streaming from Dec 4, 2024 to Feb 28, 2025 · Where: Online

Organizer: 日本医師会・米穀安定供給確保支援機構

Online summit by the Japan Medical Association on diet and exercise for healthy aging, with several lectures for health professionals.

When: Recurring course offered year-round at various sites by Gifu City; dates announced per session. · Where: Gifu, Japan

Organizer: 岐阜市（低炭素・資源循環課）

City-run residents' course teaching home cardboard composting via a 60-min demo and 30-min Q&A.

When: Held in FY2023; exact date not confirmed in search results · Where: Okinawa, Japan

Organizer: 沖縄県

Okinawa Prefecture symposium on advancing local production and consumption, keynote on an ICT-enabled future for Okinawa-style local food systems.

When: Oct 11-14, a booth at Suito Osaka Fes; year not fully confirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: 水都大阪 / みんなのうえん

Four-day booth at Suito Osaka with daily workshops including farm-vegetable green smoothies.

When: Held 2020 (annual winter event); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / 山肉デリ

Workshop and study session butchering, cooking and eating a whole wild deer with the instructor.

When: Held 2023 (annual event); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / 山肉デリ

Workshop and study session butchering, cooking and eating a whole wild deer.

When: Autumn-themed; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / 山肉デリ

Effortless game-meat class making everyday venison dishes enjoyed with autumn vegetables.

When: 2021 cohort; brewed Mar-Apr, fermented ~10 months, pressed the following winter; dates set after sign-up · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん しょうゆ部

6th year of an additive-free handmade soy-sauce project, brewed over ~10 months from basic ingredients.

When: Held on multiple Sundays across summer/autumn/winter; exact dates/year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / 松茶商店

Grind 20+ beans, grains and seeds into traditional Hakka edible tea (lei-cha) and drink it fresh.

When: Winter-themed; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん（講師：堀田裕介）

A session on miso soup as medicinal food, cooking winter warming soups like pork and sake-lees soup.

When: Spring seminar (around early spring each year); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Learn yakuzen ingredient properties and cook with recommended spring ingredients.

When: Held around 2019 (blog dated Oct 2019); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / ぷらすあみゅ〜ず

Make salt from brine, then bake three kinds of rice-flour pizza in the stone oven.

When: First in the Co.lab series; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / TABEL（新田理恵）

Talk and collaboration with herbalist Lyie Nitta on plant toxins and eating.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Hands-on workshop making fermented mirin seasoning from a yakuzen perspective.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Explore Japanese fermented seasonings (esp. vinegar) with a vinegar lunch and seasonal yakuzen tea.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Ferment soybeans using lotus leaves to make homemade natto.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Build a hedge from edible plants, combining greenery with harvestable food.

When: Held multiple times (at least a 3rd edition); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

A food-and-lifestyle market at the farm with vendor stalls and workshops.

When: Sesame harvest is typically autumn (around Sep-Oct); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Visit a no-pesticide, no-machine sesame farm to hand-harvest, strip and bundle sesame.

When: Late winter (around Feb-Mar) before a March harvest festival; exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Work day staking and netting overgrown peas and broad beans ahead of a harvest festival.

When: Prep for a late-May cooking event (test cook in late April); year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん KuRuBasi

Cross-generation members plan and test a menu of fresh pasta, stone-oven pizza and cheesecake.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

DIY day laying brick with mortar and building a pergola and water tap at the farm.

When: Soil prep for the new season (around early spring); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

Two-day work session tilling in bark and cow-manure compost and shaping field ridges.

When: Christmas craft activity (around December); exact date unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / 日比谷花壇

Children craft ~100 farm-grown gourds into Christmas snowmen in a Hibiya Kadan collaboration.

When: Date and year unconfirmed · Where: Osaka, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

DIY day painting the farm tool shed white, with women and children joining in.

When: Project launch at Kobe-Minatogawa on UR land; launch around 2022 (verify) · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん / UR都市機構

Launch of a ~1,500 sqm farm-and-park social experiment in Kobe spanning food, farming, childcare, education and welfare.

When: Scheduled to open April 2025 in Suma-ku, Kobe; exact day unconfirmed · Where: Kobe, Japan

Organizer: みんなのうえん

New community farm circulating people, food and resources, opening April 2025 in Kobe's Suma ward.

When: Held in 2024; report video released 25 Apr 2025. Exact dates not confirmed. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: 一般社団法人エディブル・スクールヤード・ジャパン（ESYJ）

A US-Japan training program developing educators for school-garden-based edible education. Part of Edible Schoolyard Japan's leader-development project spreading the Berkeley-born method in Japan.

When: Held on 7 September; venue on the official page. Multiple screenings occur nationwide. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: 国際交流NGOピースボート

A screening of the documentary 'Edible City' on the US urban-farming movement, plus a discussion circle on food, farming and urban self-sufficiency. The film is shown at venues across Japan.

When: Ongoing project; salad-bar gatherings, screenings and growing workshops held throughout the year. · Where: Matsudo, Japan

Organizer: エディブルウェイ・プロジェクト（千葉大学大学院・江口亜維子ら）

A resident-led project lining the route from Matsudo Station to Chiba University with fabric planters of edible plants, creating an 'edible landscape'. Run at 57+ roadside spots with community gatherings.

When: ~20 sessions per year (20–30 people each, free); beginner, refresher and summer parent-child versions. Dates posted on the city e-application page. · Where: Nagoya, Japan

Organizer: 名古屋市環境局

A free city course teaching how to compost household food waste with cardboard-box composters. The beginner version supplies materials; a parent-child version runs in summer. Held ~20 times a year.

When: Held in summer 2024 with in-person sessions by certified advisors in Tokyo, Osaka and Fukuoka. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: ローカルフードサイクリング株式会社（LFCコンポスト）

A summer-holiday hands-on program for families and citizens to learn food-waste composting via bag-type composters, with in-person sessions led by certified LFC advisors in three cities.

When: Entries due 7 Feb 2025; seeds mailed to participants by end of March. A nationwide mail-based swap. · Where: Online

Organizer: 農山漁村文化協会（『現代農業』編集部）

An annual mail-based seed swap run since 2019 by the magazine Gendai Nogyo: send non-registered vegetable or flower seeds and receive others sent from across Japan, helping pass on heirloom varieties.

When: Held for 10+ years; past editions at venues such as Nariyuki-ya in Hashimoto, Wakayama, with screenings and oil-pressing workshops. · Where: Hashimoto, Japan

Organizer: 虹のたねとり

A gathering to bring and swap self-saved heirloom seeds, passing locally-adapted varieties to the next generation. Open even to those without seeds; often paired with screenings, workshops and a shared meal.

When: Held as the group's first 2025 learning event (film screening + seed exchange + marche); date on the listing page. · Where: Sanda, Japan

Organizer: たねのがっこう 神戸三田分校

A Sanda (Hyogo) learning event combining a film screening, a seed exchange and a lifestyle marche, sharing interest in seed-saving and organic living locally.

When: FY2025 program; soybean-trust application deadline 31 May 2025. Members join sowing-to-harvest farm work. · Where: Kamogawa, Japan

Organizer: NPO法人 大山千枚田保存会

A trust-style farm-support scheme where citizens fund a plot and grow soybeans or terraced rice with farmers, sharing the harvest. Members join sowing, weeding, harvesting and miso/tofu making.

When: Year-round: tours (2/yr), exchanges (6/yr), beginner courses (2/yr). Recruitment via city bulletin/website. · Where: Koto, Japan

Organizer: 東京都江東区

Koto's 'neighbourhood gardens' tended by volunteers in public-park beds. The city offers tours, exchange meetings and beginner/advanced courses year-round; about 91 groups take part.

When: Held in the Meguro-machikado (Jiyugaoka) area; date on the listing page. · Where: Meguro, Japan

Organizer: 目黒まちかど（SEED EXCHANGE）

A gathering to swap self-saved seeds, learn growing tips and discover new varieties. Open to experienced and beginner growers, expanding seed-based connections in the neighbourhood.

When: Held repeatedly for residents; teaches odour control with tea grounds etc. Dates on the city site. · Where: Kitanagoya, Japan

Organizer: 北名古屋市

A citizens' course on turning food waste into compost with cardboard-box composters, including odour-control tips, spreading composting through the community.

When: Annual course covering planting to harvest; recruitment via the city site. · Where: Setagaya, Japan

Organizer: 東京都世田谷区

A city terraced-rice owner scheme letting urban residents experience the full rice cycle from planting to harvest, deepening understanding of farming and food while supporting satoyama conservation.

When: Individual/group/solo owner schemes covering planting, weeding, harvesting and sun-drying; dates on the conservation group's site. · Where: Ena, Japan

Organizer: NPO法人 恵那市坂折棚田保存会

An owner program at Sakaori, a Top-100 terraced-rice site, where urban residents experience hand-planting, weeding, harvesting and sun-drying—helping conserve the terraced landscape.

When: Year-round recruitment and placement; single-day participation possible, scheduled per farm. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: とうきょう援農ボランティア（東京都／JA等）

A scheme where citizens help labour-short Tokyo farms. Participation can be single-day or ongoing, supporting urban agriculture while learning about farming and food.

When: Graduates of the agriculture college register as volunteers; new recruitment announced in the January city bulletin. · Where: Kokubunji, Japan

Organizer: 東京都国分寺市

About 80 graduates of the citizens' agriculture college support local farms as volunteers, applying their training as contributors to urban agriculture.

When: Annual user recruitment (recently for FY2026); sowing-to-harvest with the farm owner's guidance. · Where: Higashimurayama, Japan

Organizer: 東京都東村山市

A city farming-experience garden where, under the owner-farmer's guidance, residents experience full vegetable growing from sowing to harvest.

When: Founded by Local Food Cycling, with membership recruitment opened (announced via press release). · Where: Fukuoka, Japan

Organizer: ローカルフードサイクリング株式会社（循環型コミュニティガーデン協会）

An association spreading 'circular community gardens' that use composting, rainwater and eco-friendly methods, aiming to regenerate urban greenery and create green jobs while recruiting members.

When: Held on Sundays 9:30-11:00: May 11/25, Jun 8/29, Jul 6/27, Aug 3, 2025 · Where: Kokubunji, Japan

Organizer: 国分寺市

City-run parent-and-child farming class at Kokubunji's Ikiiki Farm, offering hands-on seasonal vegetable growing on Sunday mornings as food-and-farming education.

When: Held monthly; see the center's event calendar for specific dates · Where: Shibuya, Japan

Organizer: 渋谷区ふれあい植物センター

Japan's smallest botanical garden, reborn as a food-and-farming hub, holds monthly compost workshops on turning kitchen waste into soil, plus home-gardening classes.

When: FY2025: potatoes on Saturdays early-late June 9:00-12:00; edamame on Saturdays early June-early July 9:00-12:00 · Where: Edogawa, Japan

Organizer: 江戸川区

Edogawa's Fureai Farm program lets residents harvest crops directly from farmers' fields, including potatoes, edamame, sweet potatoes, and komatsuna.

When: Held on weekends/holidays June-August at Nerima farms (e.g. Nerima Vege-karu Farm) · Where: Nerima, Japan

Organizer: 練馬区／区内農業者

Casual summer vegetable harvest experiences at farms in Nerima, the Tokyo ward with the largest farmland area, open to residents without equipment.

When: Year-round (honey harvesting roughly April-July); started 2006, with rooftop apiary tours, honey-harvest experiences, and outreach classes · Where: Chuo, Japan

Organizer: NPO法人 銀座ミツバチプロジェクト

Urban beekeeping on Ginza rooftops since 2006, with apiary tours, honey-harvest experiences, school outreach, and rooftop-garden harvest events.

When: Bamboo shoot digging mid-April; sweet potato digging in autumn (reservation required); part of Yokohama Midori-Up program · Where: Yokohama, Japan

Organizer: 舞岡ふるさと村 虹の家／横浜市

Harvest experiences run by Niji-no-Ie at Yokohama's Maioka satoyama village, including bamboo-shoot and sweet-potato digging, cooking classes, and nature walks.

When: Dates set by crop and weather (onion/potato in early summer); a Father's Day cooking event also held · Where: Hiratsuka, Japan

Organizer: 神奈川県立花と緑のふれあいセンター 花菜ガーデン

Seasonal harvest experiences at Kanagawa's public Kana Garden in Hiratsuka, where families can pick onions, potatoes, and more, plus rice planting and harvesting.

When: Held periodically as a collaboration between JA Ceresa Kawasaki's Ceresa Mos farm stand and Kosugi 3rd Avenue · Where: Kawasaki, Japan

Organizer: JAセレサ川崎

Urban-produce marche run by Kawasaki's largest JA farm stand Ceresa Mos with a Musashi-Kosugi shopping complex, connecting city residents and local farmers.

When: Seasonal (autumn) peanut and sweet potato harvest experiences; dates announced by the facility · Where: Katori, Japan

Organizer: 恋する豚研究所（社会福祉法人 福祉楽団）

Food hub run by a social welfare corporation where disabled and non-disabled people work together; its farm offers seasonal peanut and sweet-potato harvest experiences.

When: Year-round seasonal harvests: bamboo shoots, onions, potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, peanuts, daikon, etc. · Where: Kashiwa, Japan

Organizer: 農菜土（柏市手賀の丘）

Experience farm 'No-Side' at Kashiwa's Teganooka near central Tokyo, offering year-round seasonal vegetable harvests plus rice planting and harvesting for families.

When: Year-round (rice growing, vegetable harvests, autumn vegetables, sunflower maze openings); recruited via Saitama Prefecture site · Where: Saitama, Japan

Organizer: 埼玉県（見沼田圃）

Year-round agricultural experiences in Minuma Tanbo, a major metropolitan greenspace, including rice growing, vegetable harvests, and a free sunflower maze.

When: Runs year-round (from tilling and sowing to cooking the harvest); dates per Nogakusha's recruitment · Where: Maebashi, Japan

Organizer: NPO法人まえばし農学舎

Year-round program by Maebashi Nogakusha, a farmer-led NPO, where children till, sow, plant, harvest, and cook vegetables for an authentic farming experience.

When: Held at ward farms throughout the year (vegetable/fruit harvests, flower planting); via ward announcements · Where: Setagaya, Japan

Organizer: 世田谷区／JA東京中央

Setagaya's Fureai Farm program offers vegetable and fruit harvests and flower planting at ward farms, with events for families and all generations.

When: Compost collection & consultation held on the 3rd Sunday monthly (e.g. Aug 17, 2025 announced) · Where: Shibuya, Japan

Organizer: LFCコンポスト／渋谷リバーストリートファーム

Monthly (3rd Sunday) home-compost collection and consultation at Shibuya River Street Farm, supporting a local kitchen-waste-to-soil cycle.

When: Weekly on Thursdays, Fridays, and alternating Saturdays (booking required). Runs year-round. · Where: Sydney, Australia

Organizer: City of Sydney

Regular volunteer sessions at Sydney City Farm (Sydney Park, St Peters), a working city farm managed by the City of Sydney council. Thursdays: general cropping tasks; Fridays: plant nursery and seed collection; Saturdays: orchard and agroforestry plots. New volunteers must attend a free induction session. Free to join.

When: Weekly on Wednesdays & Fridays 9am–2pm, Saturdays 10am–2pm, approximately March through November. Drop-in welcome, no experience needed. · Where: Seattle, United States

Organizer: Solid Ground

Regular volunteer work parties at Marra Farm, a multicultural community farm in south Seattle operated by Solid Ground. Tasks include planting, weeding, harvesting, and tool maintenance alongside refugee and immigrant community members. Drop-in welcome, families welcome. Produce grown by volunteers is donated to local food assistance programs.

When: Held annually around January–February (the 2025 edition ran on 1 Feb); the 2026 date has not yet been published. · Where: Zurich, Switzerland

Organizer: Stadtgärtnerei Zürich – Zentrum für Pflanzen und Bildung（チューリヒ市営園芸センター 植物・環境教育センター）

A small seed swap hosted by the City of Zurich's municipal gardening centre. Gardeners bring self-harvested, chemical-free seeds to trade for regionally adapted varieties; those without seeds to trade can still take some via a donation-based system. Children can fill bags with a pollinator-friendly wildflower mix. Single-venue, small-scale event.

When: Held seasonally (spring–autumn) since 2015; specific 2026 dates have not yet been published. · Where: Warsaw, Poland

Organizer: ワルシャワ市ベモヴォ区役所「ベモヴャツィ」住民プログラム ＋ 地域住民

A series of workshops at a small park-based community garden in the Bemowo district — vegetable beds, a wildflower meadow, and an observation beehive — covering topics like beekeeping observation, meadow maintenance, and seed-bomb making. A single-neighbourhood-scale activity.

When: Weekly on Sundays, roughly 12:00–13:00, weather permitting. · Where: Warsaw, Poland

Organizer: 園芸コレクティブ「モティカ・イ・スウォンツェ」（フィンランド式木造集落「自由なヤズドフ」内）

An informal, small-scale weekly permaculture gardening session in the historic Finnish-cottage settlement of Jazdów. Volunteers and newcomers tend vegetable beds and herbs together.

When: Recurring weekend (originally Saturday) volunteer sessions, ongoing since the garden's founding. · Where: Chennai, India

Organizer: カストゥルバ・ナガル住民福祉協会（RWA）＋創設者Samyuktha Kannan氏／ごみ分別プロジェクト「We Segregate」と連携

A citizen-built, roughly 140 sqm community garden on Residents' Welfare Association land next to the community hall. Volunteers aged 5 to 80 grow organic vegetables and fruit and run compost-harvesting sessions — sieving and packing fresh compost made from segregated household waste. A mini apiary for pollinators has also been proposed. A single-neighbourhood, grassroots effort.

When: Held roughly monthly at the organiser's Indiranagar studio (occasionally on Zoom); check the organiser's events page for the next date. · Where: Bengaluru, India

Organizer: デイリーダンプ（ベンガルール発の家庭用コンポスト普及企業、創設者Poonam Bir Kasturi氏）

A small hands-on workshop teaching households and apartment communities how to set up and maintain a 'Kambha' vermicompost unit. Covers myth-busting on home composting and building a mini composter from kitchen waste, followed by Q&A, held at the organiser's store where composter models are on display.

When: Held on the last Saturday of every month; the most recently confirmed instance was 30 May 2026. · Where: Carmen de Patagones, Argentina

Organizer: エル・バニャード地区住民会（フンタ・ベシナル）

A free, grassroots swap of seedlings, seeds, cuttings, and gardening know-how among neighbours in a small border-district community. It has grown in importance as the national ProHuerta programme's local support has shrunk.

When: Held roughly monthly (typically the second Sunday); confirmed 2026 sessions include 11 January and 8 November. See the city's official schedule for upcoming dates. · Where: Mexico City, Mexico

Organizer: メキシコシティ環境局（SEDEMA）

A barter market at Bosque de San Juan de Aragón forest park where residents exchange recyclables (cans, PET, glass, cardboard) for produce, plants, and compost. Although run as a citywide municipal programme, each session is a small, single-park-scale event.

When: Held annually (typically August–September); the specific 2026 date has not yet been announced. · Where: Niebla, Valdivia, Chile

Organizer: レッド・トゥルエケ・バルディビア（種の交換ネットワーク）＋コオペラティバ・セミージャ・アウストラル／ニエブラ城博物館にて開催

A small barter fair for seeds, plants, cuttings, and traditional agricultural knowledge, run by a regional seed-saving network. Held at the historic Castillo de Niebla heritage site, it remains a locally scaled, grassroots gathering.

When: A recurring Saturday workshop series expected to run from May 2026 through the year; the full 2026 calendar was not yet published at time of writing. · Where: Concepción, Chile

Organizer: Universidad de Concepción – Vinculación Social UdeC (Huerto Comunitario UdeC)

The Huerto Comunitario UdeC is a small community garden on the Universidad de Concepción campus, run by the university's social outreach program, now resuming activities and planning its 2026 season of Saturday workshops. Planned sessions cover topics such as garden cooking, native plant use, mushroom cultivation, composting, and small-space garden design, alongside greenhouse and irrigation improvements. It functions as a small-scale, community-oriented learning space rather than a large trade fair.

When: A recurring annual workshop cycle typically held on Thursdays in July-August; exact 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Quito, Ecuador

Organizer: Fundación Museos de la Ciudad - Quito (Mediación Comunitaria), con 'Las vecinas de Toctiuco'

"¡A la Huerta!" is a small workshop cycle run by the Community Mediation team of Quito's Museo de la Ciudad, together with a neighborhood women's group from Toctiuco, exploring how urban agriculture transforms the city. Sessions cover practical composting, saving open-pollinated 'sovereign' seeds, and diverse small-space planting, aimed at residents wanting hands-on garden knowledge. It is a small, community museum-based educational program rather than a large festival.

When: A recurring free workshop held periodically at the district's 'Vagón Cultural y Ambiental' venue; no confirmed 2026 date was found at time of writing. · Where: Lima (Pueblo Libre), Peru

Organizer: Municipalidad de Pueblo Libre (Lima)

The Municipality of Pueblo Libre, a small district within metropolitan Lima, runs free 'Biohuerto' and 'Home Plant Selection & Care' workshops for residents at its Vagón Cultural y Ambiental venue, led by agroforestry engineers and local promoters. Dozens of neighbors attend each session to learn hands-on techniques for starting and maintaining small home or community biohuertos. It is a small municipal-level activity rather than a national event.

When: Held year-round on demand for small groups (up to about 25 people) by request via WhatsApp/email; there is no single fixed public date. · Where: La Paz, Bolivia

Organizer: Huerto Orgánico Lak'a Uta (HOLU) / Fundación Alternativas

Huerto Orgánico Lak'a Uta, Bolivia's first neighborhood community garden, sits on a steep hillside in La Paz's Cotahuma district, where around 40 families grow organic food together at over 3,600m altitude. It runs small theory-and-practice workshops for up to 25 people at a time, teaching participants everything needed to start their first urban garden, and has trained thousands of visitors since 2014 as an 'open classroom.' It remains a small, community-run space rather than a large-scale event venue.

When: Recurring weekly event held every Thursday, 8:30am-12:30pm, at Van Riebeek Park, Oranjezicht, City Bowl, Cape Town. · Where: Cape Town, South Africa

Organizer: Ladles of Love (Feed the Soil programme)

A small weekly community meet-up where residents drop off buckets of household food waste for composting and swap them for clean ones. The collected waste becomes compost for local urban farmers around Cape Town, and fresh organic vegetables grown from that compost are sold on site, closing a neighborhood-scale food loop.

When: Held annually in the Southern Hemisphere spring (roughly September-November); an official 2026 date has not yet been published, so none is given here. · Where: Cape Town, South Africa

Organizer: Abalimi Bezekhaya

An annual open-house event at the small community garden centres run by Abalimi Bezekhaya (isiXhosa for "farmers of the home"), a grassroots NGO founded in 1982, in the townships of Nyanga and Khayelitsha. Visitors meet the local small-scale farmers and see hands-on urban and peri-urban food-growing in action.

When: An ongoing, bookable farm-visit programme rather than a single dated event; tours run on request throughout the year via the Organic Adventures booking platform, with no single fixed next date published. · Where: Nairobi (Kayole), Kenya

Organizer: City Shamba (led by Greg Kimani)

A hands-on farm tour at City Shamba, a small model urban farm in Nairobi's Kayole neighborhood where city residents, schools, women's groups and youth groups learn organic and regenerative urban farming techniques on site. The community-driven initiative aims to boost local food security and was visited by King Charles III in 2023.

When: An occasional community gathering held by the Senegalese NGO Nebeday. The most recently documented instance was in July 2021; the organization remains active, and composting/nursery workshops are expected to continue, but no confirmed 2026 date has been published. · Where: Dakar, Senegal

Organizer: Nébéday ("l'environnement au cœur du développement")

A small gathering held by the environmental NGO Nebeday at the botanical garden of Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar for its members. It combined a hands-on composting workshop covering the basic steps of compost-making with an interactive plant-nursery workshop mixing sand and compost and filling seedling bags — a small-scale, participatory grassroots event.

When: An annual recurring event held each spring (typically in May) by the Ljubljana Horticultural and Gardening Society. For the 2026 edition, registrations were accepted until 19 May 2026, with the event itself held shortly after; the exact date/time is announced on the organizer's site. · Where: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Organizer: Sadjarsko in vrtnarsko društvo v Ljubljani (リュブリャナ果樹園芸協会)

A small, free seed-and-seedling swap held annually by the Ljubljana Horticultural and Gardening Society at a local community hall (ČS Rudnik) in the Rudnik district. Gardeners bring home-saved seeds and surplus seedlings to trade and share growing tips, accompanied by live music and homemade treats. It is a grassroots, single-venue neighbourhood event, also listed on the City of Ljubljana's official events calendar.

When: Opened May 2021; runs roughly 13 seasonal courses per year as an ongoing program, with a year-round seed lending/return service. · Where: Seoul (Gwanak-gu), South Korea

Organizer: Gwanak-gu District Office (冠岳区庁) – Gangamchan Urban Agriculture Center

A small seed library attached to the Gangamchan Urban Agriculture Center, opened by Seoul's Gwanak-gu district office in May 2021. Named after the 1492 farming text 'Geumyangjamnok,' it displays and stores roughly 250 heirloom/native seed varieties and runs a borrow-and-return program where residents take seeds home, grow them, and return harvested seed. The center also hosts small recurring public workshops (balcony gardening, herbal crafts), making it a grassroots, district-level facility.

When: A recurring event with no fixed next date announced. The monthly City Farm Market and a composting/vermicomposting workshop (traditionally on the 4th Saturday of the month) are held at Thai City Farm's learning center in Nonthaburi. Check thaicityfarm.com or Facebook (@thaicityfarm, @cityfarmmarket) for the latest schedule. · Where: Nonthaburi, Thailand

Organizer: Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (Thailand) / สวนผักคนเมือง (Thai City Farm)

Thai City Farm, run by the Sustainable Agriculture Foundation (Thailand), is a grassroots NGO project that has taught urban residents vegetable growing and household composting since 2010. At its Nonthaburi learning base it regularly holds a small monthly 'City Farm Market' connecting growers and consumers, plus workshops on composting and vermicomposting using household food waste. Participation is free or low-cost, serving as an entry point for city dwellers to get their hands in the soil.

When: An online lecture series scheduled for summer 2026; individual session dates are announced on Kadoorie Farm's official event calendar. · Where: Online

Organizer: Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (嘉道理農場暨植物園)

Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Tai Po, Hong Kong, is running a free online lecture series called 'Farming Hong Kong' in summer 2026. It is a small-scale, community-oriented learning program introducing citizens to organic farming, permaculture and regenerative agriculture in the Hong Kong context, distinct from large agri-trade expos and focused instead on grassroots environmental education.

When: A recurring set of weekend workshops (beginner home-gardening classes, independent zero-waste composting classes, etc.). Check kebunkumara.id/category/workshops/ or Instagram (@kebunkumara) for the current schedule. · Where: South Jakarta, Indonesia

Organizer: Kebun Kumara

Kebun Kumara, a social enterprise based in South Jakarta, greens vacant urban plots while running small, recurring workshops teaching residents the basics of home gardening, household composting, and ecobricking. It has helped green more than 20,000 square meters of urban space and also runs educational tours for schools and families, making it a leading example of citizen-driven small-scale urban farming in Indonesia.

When: A recurring free seminar held periodically by the Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI); the most recently confirmed session ran Feb 26, 2026, 9am-5pm. · Where: Manila, Philippines

Organizer: Department of Agriculture – Bureau of Plant Industry (DA-BPI)

DA-BPI runs a free, hands-on urban gardening and plant propagation seminar at its Crop Research and Production Support Division training room in Malate, Manila. City residents learn soil preparation, seed propagation, and container gardening in a single-room, small-group format. Similar sessions were documented in 2022 and 2025 (including one for Cordillera students), showing a long-running recurring small-scale government workshop.

When: A permanent facility under Taipei's 'Garden City' policy. Runs free seasonal gardening courses and holds weekend citizen consultation hours (Sat/Sun 10am-12pm, 2-4pm). Open Tue-Sun, 9am-5pm. · Where: Taipei, Taiwan

Organizer: Taipei City Government Department of Economic Development (臺北市政府產業發展局)

A small city-run storefront center in Taipei's Zhongshan District, near Yuanshan Station, dedicated to promoting small public and community gardens under the city's 'Garden City' policy. It exists purely for citizen-to-citizen exchange and hands-on learning, hosting free recurring gardening courses and consultation hours. A single small facility, distinct from the existing Tainan Zuozheng entry in the database.

When: Opened in 2016; day-to-day operations are run by a resident volunteer group ('Chuangzhi Farm Co-Building Community,' formed Dec 2022), active year-round. · Where: Shanghai, China

Organizer: 四叶草堂 (Sifuye Tang / Clover Nature School), with resident volunteer group 创智农园共建社

Believed to be Shanghai's first community garden built on leftover street-block green space, planned and supported by the NGO Sifuye Tang (Clover Nature School) and run day-to-day by a resident volunteer group formed in December 2022. The small site includes composting bins for kitchen waste, spiral gardens, and rainwater collection, and has hosted 100+ small events over the years, from night nature walks to planting and harvest days — a genuinely grassroots garden community.

When: Founded in 2018. Holds guided garden tours every Sunday at 3pm, plus occasional workshops such as natural/earthen building courses. · Where: Hanoi, Vietnam

Organizer: Xóm Bắc Cầu (independent member-run non-profit)

A roughly 4,000 sqm permaculture garden on the Red River in Bac Cau village, Long Bien district, Hanoi. Founded in 2018 by local Vietnamese residents together with foreign residents as a 'learning by living' space, it hosts food-forest tending, aquaponics maintenance, and natural building workshops for children and adults. Free guided tours run every Sunday, keeping it a small, single-site, community-run garden.

When: FY2026 plot applications accepted Feb 2–28, 2026; growing runs on a spring/autumn annual cycle · Where: Ochi, Kochi, Japan

Organizer: 高知県越知町（花とみどりのシンボルゾーン「うららこすど」）

A town-run experience farm in Ochi, Kochi Prefecture. With guidance from local farmers, participants grow three vegetable varieties each in spring and autumn from sowing to harvest. A small, community-rooted plot program open to couples, families and individuals; applications for the next season open every February.

When: Recurring: every Sunday ~9:00–10:00am, late June through late November · Where: Oshika, Nagano, Japan

Organizer: 塩の里生産者組合（長野県町村会「信州全58町村収穫祭めぐり」参画事業）

Every Sunday morning, local growers set out fresh vegetables outside the direct-sales stand in Oshika, a mountain village of about 1,000 people. Part of a rotating "harvest market tour" joined by 58 Nagano towns and villages — a very small-scale, grassroots produce exchange.

When: Held annually at Munda Wanga Botanical Garden; most recent edition was Oct 16–17, 2025 · Where: Chilanga, Zambia

Organizer: PELUM Association Zambia ほか環境保護分野の市民団体コンソーシアム

A two-day gathering where smallholder farmers display, swap and sell indigenous seeds and traditional foods. Despite the "festival" name, it functions as a grassroots seed exchange and knowledge-sharing event led by civil-society groups rather than a commercial national event.

When: Every Wednesday 9–11am, April through October (drop-in; first-time volunteers must attend an orientation) · Where: North Vancouver, Canada

Organizer: Edible Garden Project（North Shore Neighbourhood House）

A recurring drop-in volunteer program across five "Sharing Garden" sites in North Vancouver, Canada, run by the Edible Garden Project. Volunteers plant, tend, and harvest produce — over 6,000 lbs annually — donated to the Harvest Project, a women's safe house, the North Shore food bank, and social housing residents. No experience required; drop in on Wednesday mornings.

When: Every Wednesday and Saturday, 8:30–10:30am, year-round (drop-in welcome) · Where: City Beach, Perth, Australia

Organizer: City Beach Community Food Forest（地域住民有志グループ）

A 900-square-metre community food forest in City Beach, a Perth suburb, founded by local residents in 2022. Volunteers tend fruit trees and an Australian native "bush tucker" garden at open working bees every Wednesday and Saturday morning, followed by morning tea. A small, neighbourhood-driven volunteering activity.

When: Every Tuesday and Saturday, 8:30–10:30 (e.g. a Hot Composting Workshop was also held on 2026-04-26) · Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Organizer: Kebun Komuniti Hartamas

A resident-run community garden in Taman Sri Hartamas, Kuala Lumpur, holds twice-weekly volunteer gotong-royong (mutual-help) mornings — weeding, composting and planting alongside neighbours every Tuesday and Saturday. It also runs occasional workshops, such as a Hot Composting Workshop on 26 April 2026 and sessions on growing leafy greens — a small, hyper-local garden volunteering routine rather than a one-off festival.

When: Held annually on an October weekend (2025 edition: 18–19 October); South Africa's national Garden Day 2026 falls on Sunday 18 October. · Where: Johannesburg, South Africa

Organizer: Johannesburg Garden Club

A small annual 'Open Gardens' fundraiser run by the Johannesburg Garden Club each southern-hemisphere spring (October), where members' and local residents' private gardens and food-growing plots open to the public. Proceeds go to Jo'burg Child Welfare. It usually coincides with South Africa's national Garden Day — a local garden-club charity open day, not a big expo.

When: Held annually around March 3 (most recently confirmed on March 3, 2025; also documented in 2021 on the same date) · Where: Sofia, Bulgaria

Organizer: Naturalistichno協会、Hrankoopt Sofia、Green Team of Bulgaria、Urban Gardening Kingdom（共催）

A small seed-and-sapling swap held at the O'belya community garden in Sofia. Residents bring self-saved seeds and seedlings of heirloom vegetables and flowers to exchange for free, as part of the decade-plus "Seeds of Goodness" seed-bank project that keeps local heirloom varieties in circulation.

When: A grassroots seed exchange running since 2018, typically held around March (most recently confirmed in March 2025) · Where: Belgrade, Serbia

Organizer: 市民有志グループ「Idi u peršun」

A small, volunteer-run seed swap in central Belgrade organized by the group "Idi u peršun." Residents bring vegetable and flower seeds to trade for free, alongside talks on greening the city and environmental awareness and workshops for children — a single grassroots group's ongoing local event.

When: Most recently confirmed on March 9, 2024 (typically held around March); whether it recurred in 2026 is unconfirmed · Where: Skopje, North Macedonia

Organizer: Harvest Cooperative（生産者協同組合）、Sezers Farm

A local seed-exchange gathering at the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Food in Skopje, organized by the small producer group Harvest Cooperative. Farmers, researchers, and sustainability advocates trade seeds and knowledge to revive local seed-sharing traditions and raise awareness of biodiversity and local food.

When: A weekly market running continuously since it began in August 2020 · Where: Ramallah, Palestine

Organizer: 市民ボランティアグループ「Sharaka」、ハリール・サカキニ文化センターと協力

A small weekly farmers' market held outside the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre in Ramallah. Smallholder farmers and agricultural cooperatives from surrounding towns sell organic vegetables, traditional bread, and home cooking directly to residents without middlemen, in a volunteer-run effort to support local food sovereignty.

When: An annual district-level seed fair (the national festival is typically held mid-September at Harare's botanical garden); the exact 2026 district date is unconfirmed · Where: Goromonzi, Zimbabwe

Organizer: PELUM Zimbabwe（Participatory Ecological Land Use Management）、Fambidzanai Permaculture Centre

A district-level seed fair in Goromonzi, near Harare, where smallholder farmers bring and trade heirloom seeds and seedlings. It is one of several small, decentralized district gatherings held ahead of the larger national seed festival, and also serves as a venue for sharing traditional farming knowledge.

When: An ongoing, year-round program with rolling enrollment rather than a single scheduled event · Where: Lagos, Nigeria

Organizer: Lagos Food Bank Initiative（ラゴス州農業省と連携）

A community program run across multiple Lagos neighborhoods, aimed especially at women, that helps residents start home gardens (and small snail or poultry rearing) on unused space at home. It provides free starter kits — seeds, soil, fertilizer, containers — plus hands-on training, and has helped over 250 households establish home gardens.

When: A recurring, booking-based workshop series held on an ongoing basis · Where: Cairo, Egypt

Organizer: Nawaya Egypt（NGO Nahdet El Mahroussa傘下）

A hands-on workshop by the Cairo-based NGO Nawaya, where participants build their own kitchen garden out of reused containers such as old drums while learning permaculture basics, composting, urban garden design, and watering techniques — a small-group, DIY-oriented session.

When: A permanent permaculture demonstration site open for visits year-round by appointment · Where: Chitedze, Malawi

Organizer: Never Ending Food（Nordin家運営、SCOPE Malawiと提携）

A family-run permaculture demonstration site near Lilongwe in Chitedze. Visitors can book a free tour to see techniques anyone can replicate at home — guild planting, rainwater harvesting, compost toilets, liquid fertilizer, worm composting, and use of indigenous plant varieties — at this small local site.

When: An ongoing program run continuously at the organization's own garden · Where: Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Organizer: Compost City（Impact Hub Phnom Penh発の社会的企業、通称「Leng Dei」）

A social enterprise running an ongoing three-month home-composting program at its own garden in Phnom Penh, turning household food waste into compost. It also hosts hands-on workshops and soil/environment sharing sessions, and sells home composting kits — a small, community-scale operation.

When: Regular visits available Tuesday through Sunday, 9:00–17:00 (booking required) · Where: Yangon, Myanmar

Organizer: Kokkoya Organics（都市型オーガニック農園）

An urban organic farm in North Dagon, Yangon, that welcomes visitors for regular tours Tuesday through Sunday. The farm has previously hosted a "Green Festival" combining composting demonstrations with a farmers' market, and on an ongoing basis shows visitors its everyday composting and organic-growing practices at this small site.

When: Held around April 2026 (article published April 9, 2026; exact event date unconfirmed) · Where: Momostenango, Guatemala

Organizer: SERJUS（Servicios Jurídicos y Sociales）/ ASERJUS、Comunidades Organizadas de Occidente（Red COMPARTEネットワーク）

A seed fair held in the Rachoquel settlement of Momostenango, Totonicapán department. About 50 Indigenous farmers from Momostenango, Santa María Chiquimula, Cantel, and San Juan Ostuncalco gathered to exchange native maize, bean, and medicinal-plant seeds — a small, culturally significant local event.

When: Most recently confirmed on July 13, 2023; the program appears to continue (contact the organizer for the next date) · Where: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

Organizer: Centro Cultural de España en Santo Domingo（CCESD / AECID）

A small workshop by the Spanish Cultural Centre for the Montesinos neighborhood in Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone. Participants learn the theory and practice of home composting and jointly build a wooden compost bin for the district — a neighborhood-scale environmental workshop.

When: An ongoing, appointment-based visit program available mainly on weekdays since the cooperative's founding in 1997 · Where: Havana, Cuba

Organizer: UBPC Organopónico Vivero Alamar（農業協同組合）

A roughly 10.4-hectare agricultural cooperative in the Alamar neighborhood of Habana del Este, where about 140 local residents grow organic vegetables, fruit, and herbs without pesticides. It offers appointment-based guided tours and hosts visiting students and researchers from abroad — a community-rooted urban farming site.

When: Held annually on a Sunday in early October (most recently October 5, 2025, 10:00–16:00); the official 2026 date has not yet been announced by the city · Where: Toulouse, France

Organizer: トゥールーズ都市圏（Toulouse Métropole）、市民団体「Partageons les Jardins」

Toulouse's more than 30 small shared community gardens open their gates to the public on the same day. Each garden hosts its own workshops, growing tips, and social activities, giving residents a chance to visit a neighbourhood garden for the first time. It is a grassroots gathering of many small, block-level gardens rather than a single large organization's event.

When: Recurring open days, announced via Facebook group · Where: Swansea, United Kingdom

Organizer: Seaview Green Space（住民ボランティアグループ）

A small community-run green space and garden at Seaview Terrace on the Swansea coast, transformed by local residents from a derelict plot. The group holds recurring open days (typically around noon–2pm) where neighbours can drop in, garden together, and connect, alongside seasonal work days such as apple-tree planting, all announced through the group's Facebook page. A single, resident-led grassroots green space rather than a formal municipal allotment scheme.

When: Ongoing network founded 2013, holds occasional gatherings across member gardens (announced via Facebook) · Where: Medellín, Colombia

Organizer: Red de Huerteros Medellín（メデジン菜園者ネットワーク）

A grassroots network that began in 2013 in the La América neighbourhood of Medellín, Colombia, now linking more than 30 individual and community gardens across the city. The network holds knowledge- and seed-exchange gatherings that rotate among member gardens, drawing participants ranging from children to elderly residents, plus public libraries and cultural centres. It promotes free sharing of native, open-pollinated seeds through a "seed guardian" ethic and serves as a forum for discussing the many roles urban agriculture plays in the city — a citizen-run exchange network rather than a single fixed event.

When: Implemented by Chortkiv city council during the nationwide "Composting Wave 2026" campaign window (early–late June 2026) · Where: Chortkiv, Ukraine

Organizer: Чортківська міська рада（チョルトキウ市議会）

As part of Ukraine's nationwide "Composting Wave 2026" awareness campaign, the municipal council of the small town of Chortkiv (Ternopil Oblast) ran local lessons and outreach on home food-waste composting for residents — a free, low-barrier, municipality-scale activity rather than a large festival.

When: An ongoing club that runs through the summer months (no single fixed one-off date) · Where: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Organizer: GerHub（ガー・イノベーション・ハブ）

A small, ongoing gardening club run out of GerHub's community hub in one of Ulaanbaatar's ger (yurt) districts, an area with high food insecurity. It teaches residents to grow vegetables using compost bins and rainwater catchment, providing seeds and tools free of charge — a grassroots, community-scale food-security response.

When: Recurring on the last Saturday of every month, 8am–5pm. · Where: Yako, Burkina Faso

Organizer: APEDR（地元団体）／スローフード「アース・マーケット」ネットワーク

Small monthly farmers' market reopened on World Food Day 2023 by local association APEDR, held every last Saturday since April 2024. Part of Slow Food's global Earth Markets network; producers sell chemical-free agroecological food directly to residents.

When: Recurring on the last Saturday of every month, 10am–4pm, at the gardens of Parque dos Continuadores. · Where: Maputo, Mozambique

Organizer: GVC（ボローニャ拠点のNGO）／UNAC（モザンビーク農民組合）／スローフード・コンヴィヴィウム Muteko-Waho

Launched in 2013 as Africa's first Slow Food Earth Market. Small-scale farmers from Maputo's rural surroundings (including fishers from Macaneta village) sell traditional greens, produce and fish directly to residents each month.

When: Ongoing since around 2018, with activity continuing through school terms. · Where: Astana, Kazakhstan

Organizer: Slow Food Community of Astana Urban Producers（農学者アイダ・セリク氏主宰）

Led by young agronomist Aida Serik, the Slow Food Community of Astana Urban Producers has built vegetable gardens in local schools around Astana, teaching children to grow and eat fresh vegetables. Over three years it created gardens at 20 schools — a small-scale, grassroots food-education initiative.

When: Within the 5–7 June 2026 window of Luxembourg's "Rendez-vous aux Jardins", tied to the Pfaffenthal neighbourhood festival (exact day/time TBC via official site) · Where: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Organizer: ルクセンブルク市（Ville de Luxembourg）／LUGA・パファンタール地区コミュニティ菜園

One of Luxembourg City's five municipal community gardens, in the riverside Pfaffenthal quarter, opens its gates as part of the Luxembourg edition of "Rendez-vous aux Jardins" (5–7 June, themed "sight") and the local Pfaffenthal neighbourhood festival. A modest, neighbourhood-scale open day letting visitors walk between plots residents tend day to day.

When: Every Tuesday from 17:30 (ongoing; run since 2026 by the Wild Geranium Foundation's "Kołorkowanie ogrodnicze" collective) · Where: Poznań, Poland

Organizer: コウォルコヴァニェ・オグロドニチェ（Fundacja Bodziszek）／地域住民団体（Główna地区）

At Otwarty Ogród Nadolnik, a small resident-run community garden on ul. Mariacka near central Poznań, anyone can join the weekly "Kołorkowanie ogrodnicze" (gardening co-working) session every Tuesday from 17:30 — watering, planting and general upkeep done together by neighbours. A tiny neighbourhood plot, run by the local Główna-district community group Fyrtel Główna through 2025 and handed to the Wild Geranium Foundation's same collective from 2026.

When: An ongoing program held 3–5 times a week, rotating across 184 districts nationwide (most recent example: July 13–17, 2026, held in the seven cities of Asunción, San Lorenzo, Lambaré, Fernando de la Mora, Limpio, Itauguá and Caacupé) · Where: Asunción ほか各都市を巡回, Paraguay

Organizer: パラグアイ農牧省（MAG）商業化・農業普及局

A rotating farmers' market network run by Paraguay's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) together with small family-farming and community-agriculture organizations around the country. Roughly ten producer groups and hundreds of families sell cheese, vegetables, honey, home-made eggs and other farm products directly to consumers, cutting out middlemen. Each single market is small — one town, half a day — but the program tours 184 districts nationwide 3 to 5 times a week, functioning as an everyday link between city residents and nearby family and community farms.

When: Held on weekends every May through September (venue: Leigh Woods Meadows allotment site) · Where: Bristol, United Kingdom

Organizer: ROOTS Allotments

A recurring weekend cookout at the ROOTS Allotments site in Leigh Woods, on the edge of Bristol. Plot-holders get in free and guests pay £5, with burgers and fresh salads made from allotment produce, local musicians and lawn games — a small, low-key way for the wider neighborhood to mingle with the gardeners.

When: Held the last Saturday of every month except December, 9:00–12:00 · Where: Canberra (Bruce), Australia

Organizer: Horticultural Society of Canberra (HSOC)

A monthly volunteer working bee at the Bruce Demonstration Garden in Canberra, open to any member of the Horticultural Society of Canberra. Members gather to weed, plant and maintain the paths of the small demonstration garden — a modest, recurring activity that also functions as an informal, hands-on gardening-knowledge exchange for the local community.

When: Held annually in September (16th edition in 2026); the exact 2026 date had not been announced at the time of writing. · Where: Toronto, Canada

Organizer: Scarborough Village Community Garden / Community Arts Guild

An annual harvest festival at the community garden in Fred Johnson Park, East Scarborough, Toronto, featuring a parade, live music, an art display, a free vegetable and plant giveaway, and garden tours — a small, neighborhood-driven harvest celebration.

When: Every Thursday from 3:30pm, plus the first Sunday of each month from 3–5pm (recurring, year-round). · Where: Brisbane, Australia

Organizer: Jane Street Community Garden

A recurring volunteer working bee at this community garden next to Davies Park in West End, Brisbane. No gardening experience required — a small, resident-run communal workday open to everyone.

When: Recurring ~90-minute session held periodically; no single fixed next date published. · Where: Amman, Jordan

Organizer: Organica Jordan（アンマン・リトル・ガーデナーズと共催）

Organica Jordan, an Amman-based composting enterprise, runs hands-on vermicomposting workshops for children aged 2-15 in partnership with the community group Amman Little Gardeners. Sessions are held at Alasayel Equestrian Club on Airport Road, teaching kids how worms turn food scraps into compost — a small, family-oriented local event.

When: Ongoing recurring program since the garden's founding in 2004; no single fixed date. · Where: Dar Bouazza, Morocco

Organizer: Terre et Humanisme Maroc

Jnane Lakbir, a pedagogical farm/garden in Dar Bouazza near Casablanca, was the founding site of Terre et Humanisme Maroc's agroecology movement (established 2004). Located in a peri-urban area facing land speculation and farmland abandonment, it runs ongoing hands-on workshops in planting, harvesting and composting for local residents, students and visitors.

When: Held every Saturday morning as part of the recurring weekly market. · Where: Islamabad, Pakistan

Organizer: Islamabad Farmers Market（コンポスト企業サーフ・スーサラ・シェヘル等が協力）

What began in 2013 as a six-vendor market has grown into a weekly Saturday-morning farmers market in Islamabad with nearly 80 vetted vendors. Beyond produce sales, it functions as a community hub hosting small workshops on composting (run with partner Saaf Suthra Sheher) and urban gardening.

When: Open to the public for training since 2015; ongoing recurring programs for children, youth and women's groups, no fixed date. · Where: Colombo (Boralesgamuwa), Sri Lanka

Organizer: Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V)

Eco Friendly Volunteers (ECO-V), an environmental NGO founded in 2001, runs the organically certified urban garden 'Metta Garden' next to its office in Boralesgamuwa, a Colombo suburb. Opened to the public for training in 2015, it includes walking-meditation paths and sensory nature features, hosting ongoing small-scale environmental/gardening training for children, youth and women's groups.

When: Weekly Saturday sessions; project launched around 2017 and remains active. · Where: Tel Aviv, Israel

Organizer: African Refugee Development Center (ARDC)

The African Refugee Development Center (ARDC) runs a hydroponic community rooftop garden in the low-income Neve Sha'anan neighborhood of south Tel Aviv, home to many refugees and migrants. Every Saturday, refugees, city volunteers and NGO members gather to tend the garden and learn agricultural/hydroponic skills together — a small, welfare-oriented local activity.

When: Held annually in spring (article cites April 10), co-hosted with the local crafts center; appears to be a recurring local tradition. · Where: Varėna, Lithuania

Organizer: Varėnos rajono savivaldybės viešoji biblioteka（ヴァレーナ地区公立図書館）／Dargužių amatų centras

A seed exchange co-hosted by the public library and local crafts center in the southern Lithuanian town of Varėna. Residents bring carefully saved vegetable and flower seeds to trade and share growing tips; narcissus seedlings are also distributed and planted around the library grounds — a small local tradition.

When: An annual tradition; most recently held March 3 (year unconfirmed), described as the 4th edition. · Where: Sofia (Obelya), Bulgaria

Organizer: сдружение „Натуралистично"（種子バンク「セメナタ・ナ・ドブロタタ」運営）

A seed-and-sapling swap run by the NGO Naturalistichno, which has spent over a decade collecting, storing and freely sharing heirloom seeds. Participants bring Bulgarian-grown traditional varieties of vegetables, herbs, fruit and flowers to trade or take home for free — a small local event preserving seed biodiversity.

When: Opened May 2025; ongoing regular volunteer workdays (toloka) and shared composting/tool activities continue, exact upcoming dates not published. · Where: Kyiv (Podil district), Ukraine

Organizer: DIY Ukraine / Coolville Design Lab（近隣住民・ボランティアと共同運営）

A long-abandoned plot in Kyiv's Podil district, vacant since a Soviet-era building was demolished in 1985, was cleared of debris and over 40 tons of trash by local residents and volunteers over six months, becoming Kyiv's first community garden. It features a shared tool shed, rainwater collection system and compost bins.

When: Holds periodic gardening trainings/workdays for members; no specific upcoming date confirmed. Described as Serbia's first community garden collective, still operating. · Where: Slanci, Belgrade, Serbia

Organizer: Baštalište（Centar za negu čoveka i prirode）

Located about 9 km from downtown Belgrade in Slanci, this is Serbia's first community garden collective: roughly 30 residents transformed an abandoned plot into 22 shared organic vegetable beds. Members pay a fee for shared tools, water, irrigation and some seeds/seedlings, with beginner-friendly training offered.

When: Held regularly on the 2nd Sunday of every month, 10am-12pm. · Where: Dromana, Victoria, Australia

Organizer: Dromana Community Garden（Dromana Association Inc.と連携）

A monthly working bee at the community garden in the small Mornington Peninsula town of Dromana near Melbourne. Local residents jointly maintain over 20 vegetable beds, a shared propagation tent, fruit trees and a native garden, sharing fresh produce with the community.

When: An annual event, typically held in early August. The most recently verified date is Aug 3, 2024, with evidence of a 2025 edition; the 2026 date is not yet confirmed. · Where: Okayama, Japan

Organizer: おかやまミツバチプロジェクト（丸田産業株式会社）、創志学園高等学校、農林水産省中国四国農政局

A hands-on learning event for elementary school children and their parents (first-come, capped at roughly 30-50 people) held at a rooftop apiary atop a building near Okayama Station. Participants learn about urban beekeeping, observe honeybee ecology, and taste honey in a small biodiversity/environmental-education program.

When: On-request outreach workshops for local groups (schools, preschools, neighborhood associations, women's associations); no fixed calendar date. · Where: Uwajima, Ehime, Japan

Organizer: 宇和島市生活環境課

Uwajima City sends staff to give cardboard-box composting lessons on request to local community groups such as schools, preschools, neighborhood associations and women's groups — a small-scale, grassroots environmental education initiative.

When: A reservation-based seasonal harvest experience held several times a year (confirmed past dates: Mar 9 & 23, 2025 and Dec 15, 2025); 2026 dates require inquiry. · Where: Uruma, Okinawa (Ikei Island), Japan

Organizer: えがおファーム（沖縄県うるま市伊計島の農家、予約窓口：ちゅらとく）

A small pesticide-and-chemical-fertilizer-free family farm on Ikei Island (Uruma City, Okinawa) runs a hands-on digging experience for its local specialty 'golden sweet potato' (kuganiimo). Visitors dig and take home their own potatoes — a small farm-scale harvest activity.

When: Held the first Sunday of every month; the first 2026 session was March 1. The next expected session is around August 2. · Where: Madrid, Spain

Organizer: Asociación Vecinal La Higuera y el Almendro（カラバンチェル地区オパニェル）

A small resident-run space on a vacant lot in the Opañel neighborhood of Carabanchel, Madrid, combining a book-exchange library, a community vegetable garden, and cultural activities. Monthly open days invite neighbors to join volunteer working groups for the garden, library, and events. Part of Madrid's municipal community-garden network, run by a single neighborhood association.

When: Held weekly on Wednesdays 5–8pm during the growing season (May–October). · Where: Toronto, Canada

Organizer: Toronto Green Community

Weekly volunteer gardening sessions at the Eglinton Park Heritage Community Garden, located at the North Toronto Memorial Community Centre (200 Eglinton Avenue West), run by the nonprofit Toronto Green Community. Neighbors gather to water, weed, and harvest — a small, ongoing local garden maintained by volunteers. Sign up via the organization's volunteer form.

When: Held the first Saturday of each month through spring, summer, and autumn (Southern Hemisphere), excluding January, 9am–2pm. The next expected session is around September 2026. · Where: Wellington, New Zealand

Organizer: Kaicycle Urban Farm and Composting

Monthly community open days at Kaicycle, an urban farm and composting hub in Wellington: 9am–12:30pm volunteer working bee (booking required), 12:30–1:30pm bring-your-own-lunch community kai, and a 1:30pm farm tour. Produce, compost, and seedlings are sold on site — a small, recurring neighborhood event.

When: Held periodically out of a community garden; the most recent (3rd) market was held on June 26, 2026. · Where: Haifa, Israel

Organizer: ShtarGalim（バット・ガリム地区コミュニティガーデン運営グループ）

ShtarGalim, a market run out of a small community garden in the Bat Galim neighborhood of Haifa, Israel, pays a local currency ('shtar') for organic waste like food scraps, which visitors can then spend on local goods. It held its third market on June 26, 2026 — a small, garden-rooted circular-economy initiative echoing similar schemes springing up in south Tel Aviv and elsewhere.

When: Opened in 2015 and continuing every growing season since (ongoing plot use and shared work days) · Where: Sofia (Druzhba district), Bulgaria

Organizer: Градско градинарство - София（アーバン・ガーデニング・ソフィア市民イニシアチブ）

A small community garden on the site of the former municipal 'Greening' company, started in 2015 by the citizen initiative 'Urban Gardening - Sofia'. About 30 individual plots let several dozen residents grow vegetables together without hierarchy or membership fees; lab tests have confirmed the produce is safe to eat. A grassroots, neighbourhood-scale garden in Sofia's Druzhba district.

When: Ongoing site-mapping and start-up support since the organisation's founding in 2016 · Where: Belgrade, Serbia

Organizer: Ekonaut（市民団体・エコソーシャル企業）

An ongoing effort by the citizens' association Ekonaut (founded 2016) to turn vacant plots across Belgrade into neighbourhood-run 'garden communities'. Residents map unused land online, and the initiative has helped launch several shared gardens such as 'Baštalište' in the Slanci neighbourhood — a grassroots urban-farming support effort rather than a single event.

When: Every Wednesday and every other Saturday, 9:00am–noon, walk-in (no registration needed) · Where: Kuala Lumpur (Bangsar), Malaysia

Organizer: Kebun-Kebun Bangsar

A free, walk-in weekly work day at Kebun-Kebun Bangsar, a nonprofit community farm and urban park in central Kuala Lumpur. Volunteers help grow vegetables that are donated to underserved households nearby; entrance is by donation and no sign-up is required.

When: Held every Friday, continuously since 2008 · Where: Sabanilla, Montes de Oca (San José), Costa Rica

Organizer: Fultierra / Red de Huertos Urbanos de Costa Rica

A grassroots urban garden in Sabanilla (Montes de Oca), San José, running since 2008. Neighbors and university visitors gather every Friday to tend more than 70 varieties of organic, agrochemical-free vegetables, fruit and herbs — a hub of Costa Rica's Urban Gardens Network.

When: A small recurring spring seed exchange held over several sessions each year; in 2025 held on the evenings of April 22 and 26 and the morning of May 2, but 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Tartu, Estonia

Organizer: Veeriku Selts（タルトゥ市ヴェーリク地区の住民会、2020年設立）

A seed and seedling swap tied to a single neighborhood community garden run by Veeriku Selts, a residents' association in Tartu's Veeriku district where about 80 gardeners tend 65-200 m² plots. Held at the association's shared office space, residents bring surplus seeds and seedlings to trade with neighbors — a genuinely hyper-local, single-district initiative.

When: A small annual seed exchange typically held on a weekday evening in early March; the 2025 edition was around 19:00 in early March. 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Riga, Latvia

Organizer: Daiga Valkovska・Jānis Valkovskis（在来種保存パーマカルチャー・ネットワーク「Mantots kultūraugs」の種採り「アンバサダー」個人）

A free small-scale seed exchange organized not by any national or municipal body but by two individual seed-saving 'ambassadors' behind Mantots kultūraugs, a grassroots permaculture seed-saving network. Held in the upstairs hall of 'Austras māja,' the event features a short educational talk, a seed swap, a seed-guessing game, and open discussion — a neighborhood-level gathering.

When: A one-day event held each spring, typically around April; the 2025 edition was held on April 25, but 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Vilnius, Lithuania

Organizer: ヴィリニュス県アダマス・ミツケヴィチウス公共図書館

A small event that turns the courtyard of the Vilnius County Public Library into a one-day 'green culture space.' Visitors swap seedlings and seeds, learn about succulents, make ceramic pots, try cyanotype sun-printing, and use a repair-café corner. The library also runs a permanent seed-lending library on its third floor — a single-institution, community-scale event.

When: A 4-day training course reported by Jordan's official Petra news agency on 2025-06-30. Whether it recurs, and any future dates, are unconfirmed. · Where: Kafarsoum, Irbid, Jordan

Organizer: カファルスーム・ザクロ生産者農業協同組合（アル・ファナール財団と連携）

A 4-day beekeeping training for 20 women, combining theory and hands-on practice in bee care and honey production, run by a small village-level agricultural cooperative in Kafarsoum, Irbid Governorate, in partnership with the Al Fanar Foundation. Part of a livelihoods and women's economic-empowerment project — a village-scale initiative, not a national program.

When: A recurring open-house weekend typically held in May, timed to the rose garden's blooming season; editions confirmed in 2022 and 2023. 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Borj Touil, Ariana, Tunisia

Organizer: GDAシディ・アモール（Groupement de Développement Agricole Sidi Amor、2006年頃設立の小さな農業開発グループ／エコビレッジ、タイエブ・ベン・ミレド主宰）

An open-house weekend at Sidi Amor, a small peri-urban eco-village/agricultural-development site near Tunis in Borj Touil. Visitors tour themed community gardens, a rose garden, and small-batch natural products made on-site — a genuinely single-site, grassroots event rather than a trade fair.

When: A recurring seed and sapling exchange traditionally held around March 3 each year (most recently confirmed: the 4th edition on 2025-03-03). 2026 dates were not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Sofia, Bulgaria

Organizer: 「ナトゥラリスティチノ」協会（フラン・コープ・ソフィア／グリーン・チーム・ブルガリアと共催、会場はオベリャ地区の市民農園）

A free, zero-waste seed and sapling exchange held directly at Urban Garden O'belya, a small community garden in Sofia's O'belya district. Local gardeners swap heirloom Bulgarian seed varieties and meet small farms that preserve old local cultivars, in an explicitly tobacco/alcohol/litter-free, community-run gathering rather than a commercial event.

When: A recurring program typically held each October-November (running since at least 2021). Only prior lecture attendees join the small, capped hands-on workshop sessions held in the city's small community gardens. Exact 2026 dates had not been published at time of writing. · Where: Belgrade, Serbia

Organizer: エコナウト（Ekonaut／「Priroda u gradu（都市の中の自然）」、ベオグラードの小さなNPO）

A free/low-cost program for beginner gardeners run by Ekonaut, a small Belgrade NGO. Online lectures are followed by small, capped hands-on workshops led by landscape architects, held in small community gardens the organization helped establish (such as Baštalište). A genuinely small-scale, NGO-run educational program rather than a large public event.

When: A recurring program that has hosted 220+ gardening/eco events (including composting and plant-care masterclasses) since opening in April 2021. A specific upcoming session date was not confirmed at time of writing. · Where: Lviv, Ukraine

Organizer: 市民団体プラト、エコテラ、パーマカルチャー・イン・ウクライナ（リヴィウ市生態・天然資源局と公営企業「緑のリヴィウ」が協力）

A small urban gardening space called 'Rozsadnyk' (the Nursery/Seedbed) inside Zalizna Voda park in Lviv, run by civic organizations as a shared vegetable/herb garden with recurring 'Urban Gardening Club' meetings, composting and plant-care masterclasses, and garden-therapy sessions. A genuinely grassroots, volunteer-driven, single-site community activity.

When: Annually in spring (a two-day event in May at the La Noria Social Innovation Centre); exact 2026 dates not yet confirmed. · Where: Málaga, Spain

Organizer: Asociación Ecohuerto el Rabanito (Aula Vivero La Salvia) / Diputación de Málaga

An urban-garden exchange event at Málaga's La Noria Social Innovation Centre. It runs hands-on workshops for all ages on worm composting, container gardens, solar cooking and multifunctional plants, with seed-saving and experience sharing aimed at strengthening Málaga's urban-gardens network; past editions have showcased European cases such as Berlin's Prinzessinnengarten.

When: Held annually in July (the 7th edition ran 7–20 July 2025); 2026 dates not yet announced. · Where: Cape Town, South Africa

Organizer: SA Urban Food & Farming Trust

An annual programme of talks and events run by the SA Urban Food & Farming Trust, focused on the local food system. It convenes growers, academics, activists, nutritionists and policymakers around sustainable urban food and farming; the Trust supports 1,500+ farmers in marginalised urban communities and runs the Oranjezicht City Farm.

When: A citizen festival in São Paulo (held at the Hub Green Sampa innovation centre); the exact date and venue for the 2026 edition are not yet announced. · Where: São Paulo, Brazil

Organizer: Coletivo Festiveiras with Ade Sampa (São Paulo municipal economic development agency)

A citizen urban-agriculture festival in São Paulo featuring talks and workshops on community, school and medicinal gardens, unconventional edible plants (PANCs), composting and seed/seedling swaps, plus an organic and artisanal market, stingless-bee experiences, children's recreation and live music. Run by Coletivo Festiveiras with the city's Ade Sampa agency.

When: Year-round, recurring (weekend workshops, talks and a producers' market); see the official site for dates · Where: Mexico City, Mexico

Organizer: Cultiva Ciudad / Huerto Tlatelolco

Regular, public workshops, courses and a producers' market at Huerto Tlatelolco in Mexico City. Sessions cover urban agriculture, permaculture, composting and recycling, alongside educational activities for children and adults, a local producers' market and community programming, with seasonal agroecological vegetables and herbs on sale — a place for citizens to take part in building a more sustainable city.

When: Every Tuesday, April to mid-November, 10:00–17:00. Open to all during the season, no booking required (max 25 people). · Where: Copenhagen, Denmark

Organizer: ØsterGRO

A weekly volunteer day at ØsterGRO, Denmark's first rooftop farm. Participants work in 600 m² of organic fields, greenhouse, henhouse and with beehives, and share a free vegetarian lunch at 1 pm. No farming experience needed; volunteers come from around the world of all ages.

When: Held annually each autumn (October–November) by Gwanak-gu Office, Seoul. The 8th edition was on 1 November 2025, themed 'Urban Agriculture, Daily Life.' The 9th edition (2026) date is not yet announced. · Where: Seoul (Gwanak-gu), South Korea

Organizer: 관악구청（ソウル冠岳区役所）

A resident-participation urban agriculture festival organised by Gwanak-gu Office in Seoul. Held at Nakseongdae Park, it features vegetable displays and sales from neighbourhood community gardens, farming experience corners, and children's programs. A grassroots district-level event linking local small-scale urban farming to community building.

When: Multiple sessions throughout March–October 2026. Three modules: ① urban composting basics, ② outdoor composting practice, ③ soil & biodiversity. Free admission. · Where: Brussels, Belgium

Organizer: Bruxelles Environnement（ブリュッセル首都圏環境局）

A free public composting training programme run by Bruxelles Environnement (March–October 2026). Three modules cover home composting, collective neighbourhood composting, and soil biodiversity. Includes hands-on site visits and practical workshops to help city residents start their own compost project.

When: Planned for autumn 2026 (typically an early-October Saturday; exact date to be announced by the organiser) · Where: Sonoma, California, United States

Organizer: Sonoma Ecology Center / Sonoma Garden Park

An annual harvest festival held by the Sonoma Ecology Center at the community-run Sonoma Garden Park — a community celebration of sustainable farming, environmental education and the area's green spaces, with harvest activities and food and gardening programming. The 2026 edition is planned for autumn (typically early October).

When: Planned for 2026 (typically August; 2025 ran 10–16 August; exact dates to be announced by the state) · Where: United States

Organizer: Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources（MDAR）

A week declared by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in which urban farms across the state host open days and events so residents can engage with urban food production. The 2025 edition ran 10–16 August, and the 2026 edition is expected in summer (around August) as usual.

When: Held annually around October at Nakseongdae Park and Gangam-Chan allotment area, Gwanak-gu, Seoul. The 2026 date has not yet been announced. · Where: Seoul, South Korea

Organizer: 관악구청 공원녹지과（ソウル特別市 冠岳区庁 公園緑地課）

An annual autumn urban-farming festival organised by Gwanak-gu in southern Seoul, held at Nakseongdae Park. Local allotment holders exhibit their produce, and visitors can try 16 hands-on programmes including rice planting, harvest picking, herb-making workshops, and insect observation—a colourful community-scale celebration of urban agriculture.

When: Held around October each year; exact dates announced on the park's official site. · Where: Tokyo, Japan

Organizer: 足立区都市農業公園

An autumn harvest festival held each year at Adachi Urban Agriculture Park in Tokyo, with sales of pesticide-free vegetables grown on site, harvest experiences and rice-threshing demonstrations — a citizen-participation event letting children and adults engage with farming in the city.

When: Held over a week around September each year at sites across the city; dates announced by Toronto Urban Growers. · Where: Toronto, Canada

Organizer: Toronto Urban Growers

A citywide week in which Toronto's community gardens and urban farms host open days, workshops, harvest events and tours, giving residents a chance to engage with urban food production, composting and local growing initiatives.

When: Ongoing community garden; weekly Wednesday evening community dinners cooked with garden produce by local Nepali residents (announced via social media) · Where: Nicosia, Cyprus

Organizer: Gardens of the Future（市民ボランティア団体、ニコシア市・農業省後援）

A small urban garden created by volunteers on a derelict lot in central Nicosia. Led largely by local Nepali residents, it doubles as environmental education and support for women refugees starting garden-based livelihoods, and hosts weekly Wednesday community dinners cooked from the garden's harvest for neighbors — a grassroots, multicultural gathering point.

When: Opened in 2020; ongoing as a standing resident environmental-education program next to the neighborhood community hall · Where: Panama City, Panama

Organizer: Junta Comunal de Don Bosco（ドン・ボスコ地区住民評議会）

Established beside the neighborhood community hall in the Don Bosco district, this is Panama City's first official community garden. Residents — with a particular focus on older adults — grow tomatoes, peppers, avocado, beans and ginger, while the local community council (Junta Comunal) provides gardening training and home-garden supplies as part of a small-scale greening and food-self-sufficiency program.

When: Running since 2013; the City of Zagreb holds an annual public call for plot applicants (latest round in 2026, covering Novi Zagreb, Peščenica-Žitnjak, Stenjevec, Sesvete and other districts) · Where: Zagreb, Croatia

Organizer: Grad Zagreb（ザグレブ市）

The City of Zagreb divides municipal land into plots and lends them free of charge to residents. Organic (ecological) cultivation is mandatory on every plot, and soil is tested. Since launching in 2013 the program has grown to more than 14 sites, 2,152 plots and about 23 hectares, forming a grassroots piece of urban-farming infrastructure where citizens grow their own vegetables, fruit and herbs.

When: Recurring 2–3 day training sessions for women's groups held at KGA's Burns Creek base in Honiara · Where: Honiara, Solomon Islands

Organizer: Kastom Gaden Association（KGA、現地NGO）

The local NGO Kastom Gaden Association runs backyard-gardening trainings for church women's fellowships (typically 20–50 participants) from its Burns Creek base in Honiara. Over two to three days, participants learn soil management, seed-saving, composting and pest control — a grassroots program aimed at helping urban women grow more of their own food.

When: Ongoing project funded through the South Sudan Humanitarian Fund · Where: Malakal, South Sudan

Organizer: Healthcare Foundation Organization（HFO）、資金提供：南スーダン人道基金（OCHA管理）

About 30 women displaced by flooding and food insecurity to Malakal, Upper Nile State, grow okra, onions and jute mallow (kudra) in a shared garden. The harvest supports both household food needs and a small income, and the project is run by the local NGO Healthcare Foundation Organization with South Sudan Humanitarian Fund support.

When: Field days and trainings held several times a year by the NEFSALF network · Where: Nairobi (Waithaka), Kenya

Organizer: Mazingira Institute（ナイロビ都市圏食料安全保障・農業・畜産フォーラム NEFSALF 事務局）

The Nairobi-area urban farmer network NEFSALF, coordinated by the Mazingira Institute, holds field days and trainings at sites such as a vocational center in Waithaka. Aimed at women and youth, sessions teach space-saving techniques like tyre gardening, trellis growing and composting — a grassroots extension effort run in partnership with the city.

When: Established 2021; run continuously by a local women's group · Where: Maranti (Piggs Peak area), Eswatini

Organizer: Transjardins（フランスNGO「Association Dessine l'Espoir」が運営するアフリカ菜園ネットワーク）

In the village of Maranti near Piggs Peak, five women grow sweet potatoes and other crops in intercropped 80cm-wide permaculture beds. Supported by the French NGO network Transjardins, the small grassroots garden also serves as a volunteer-exchange link between France and the local community.

When: Ongoing since 2019, with 20 community greenhouses operating across Mosul, Hamdaniya and Tel Keppe · Where: Mosul, Iraq

Organizer: UNDP Iraq、Oxfam、資金提供：ドイツ復興開発銀行（KfW）

As part of post-ISIL recovery, 1,200 residents of Mosul, Hamdaniya and Tel Keppe took part in cash-for-training work to build 20 community greenhouses. The project also distributed kitchen-garden kits to 600 households and ran composting and pest-management trainings — a grassroots recovery effort letting urban residents rebuild their own food systems.

When: An ongoing program of 57 gardens citywide, with recurring municipal fairs and community events · Where: Guayaquil, Ecuador

Organizer: Municipio de Guayaquil（グアヤキル市役所）

The City of Guayaquil maintains 57 community gardens (50 at schools, 7 in neighborhoods/homes) as part of a citywide program. The municipality reports 30 hands-on garden activations, 17 municipal fairs and 10 community events held so far, reaching 67,020 residents — a grassroots urban-farming presence outside the more commonly documented Quito.

When: Ongoing, run jointly by Lalitpur Metropolitan City Ward No. 15 office and the Women Entrepreneurship Facilitation Center (WEFC); check with the ward office for the next session date · Where: Lalitpur, Nepal

Organizer: ラリトプール都市圏第15区事務所／女性起業促進センター（WEFC）

An ongoing technical-support programme in Ward No. 15 of Lalitpur Metropolitan City in the Kathmandu Valley, run jointly by the Women Development Division/Women Entrepreneurship Facilitation Center (WEFC) and the ward office, providing rooftop and backyard urban-farming training and equipment support to local women, youth, people with disabilities, agriculture technicians and students.

When: Ongoing every Monday and Thursday from 18:00, at Via Medici in Trento's Clarina neighborhood, run under the 'Orto Aperto 5.0' collaboration agreement · Where: Trento, Italy

Organizer: トレント市（コムーネ・ディ・トレント）／クラリーナ地区住民グループ

A community garden on Via Medici in Trento's Clarina neighborhood, Italy, open twice a week for anyone to drop in and garden together. The emphasis is less on production than on the social encounters the shared plot creates — a small grassroots initiative rather than a staged event.

When: Held every other Saturday, 9am–12pm (cancelled if it rains in the morning); run in partnership with the Klang River Festival / Planet KL programme · Where: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Organizer: クブン・クブン・バンサール／クラン河祭り実行委員会

A biweekly Saturday-morning gardening and river-clean-up session at a small riverside 'microforest' along the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur. Tools are provided for beginners; the event pairs hands-on planting with cleanup work along the river, building community ties as part of the wider Klang River Festival programme.

When: Held weekly: Saturday mornings at the Ciudad Universitaria site, Wednesday afternoons at the Barrio Alberdi site · Where: Córdoba, Argentina

Organizer: コルドバ国立大学（UNC）／地域の小規模アグロエコロジー生産者グループ

A recurring farmers' market held on the National University of Córdoba's Ciudad Universitaria campus and at a second neighborhood site, where small-scale agroecological producers sell vegetables and processed foods directly. A grassroots food-education event connecting peri-urban family farmers and garden groups with local consumers face to face.