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Database research record2017·France (Paris)

Aroma-Home’s edible stories: An urban community garden performs

Susan C. Haedicke

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

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Aroma-Home, an artist-initiated community garden in Villetaneuse, France, transformed a bleak construction site into an urban agricultural commons starting in 2013. Local inhabitants and an artist reclaimed public spaces, creating a community garden that wove together food-growing, storytelling, and place-making through cultural practices around growing, preparing, and sharing food among multi-ethnic participants.