Topic summaries

For each key topic, a digest of what the cases and research in the database reveal.

Food education & school gardens→

Building gardens around children, schools and community learning.

Farms tied to employment and belonging for elderly and disabled people.

Turning food scraps and prunings into compost, cutting food loss.

Patterns for starting small, cheap and with your own hands.

Farms that support urban wildlife through pollinators and green networks.

Conditions and patterns for farming on building rooftops.

Turning pre-development and vacant land into time-limited farms.

Designing places where people keep connecting through growing.