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Database research record2015·Ireland (Dublin)

Urban agriculture, civil interfaces and moving beyond difference: the experiences of plot holders in Dublin and Belfast

Corcoran M.P., Kettle P.C.

Local Environment

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This comparative study of plot holders in Dublin and Belfast shows that allotment gardens can act as 'spaces of potential' where shared gardening dissolves social differences and fosters intergenerational knowledge exchange. The authors argue that urban agriculture sites function as civic interfaces bridging community divides.