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We hold regular garden -related workshops and a very popular one is compost making.  It takes a bit of time but with a bit of effort you could be transforming your garden waste into a wonderful organic material to add back into your garden.  

COMING SOON! Discover music and seasonal festivals, guided tours, and more happening nearby. Add your events too!¡PRÓXIMAMENTE! Descubra música y festivales de temporada, visitas guiadas y mucho más que suceden cerca. ¡Agregue sus eventos también!

*Poetry doesn’t have to exist far away; it can be woven into our everyday lives.*  Article and photos by Mika Shen, volunteer at SOW: The Society of WildernessDo you know of any spots, eateries, facilities, or intriguing stories around the SOW Taipei branch on Zhaoguang Street in Zhongzheng District? Volunteers attending classes at our Taipei branch often ask about nearby attractions or restaurants. Inspired by this curiosity, we decided to create a Green Map specifically for the SOW Taipei branch as part of the “10th Green Map Instructor Training” project. (see it below in the original format and here, on the Green Map Platform. )

Our versatile mapping platform is designed for collaboration and ease of use. In no time, you will have a great Green Map made for and with your community!

 A bulb lasagne can give you a great display that lasts for weeks.  It's nothing to do with food!!  It just means planting in layers. 

Discover seasonal festivals, guided tours, and workshops happening nearby. Dive into nature and enjoy your city’s green spaces with others!

Discover seasonal flea markets, and pop-up shops with used goods happening nearby.

We are very excited to announce a new venture!!  Plants are a hugely valuable resource and helping to keep their genetic diversity through seed saving is very important.  

As we approach Autumn of 2024 the Dundee Seed Savers make the most of the sunnier days to collect their final seeds of the growing year. 

Climate Week 2024 was a great learning experience. The learning started with the Harbor School Marine Affair’s two-week Green Map project - mapping Governors Island’s climate vulnerabilities, its eco-system services and the SDGs.

Testing the Green Map Website Builder with crowdsourcing the Open Digital Archive in mind. Have you created a Green Map project? Share it here. Recent or long past projects are requested to contribute a digital version of what they created - Green Maps, Media and Materials to this global archive. Preserve your work and help shine new attention on the places that helped your community make progress toward sustainability.  Use them to reflect on what's working, and next steps toward verdant and just wellbeing.Green Map projects can be transformative! We're hoping you will tell us what this has meant for your project, whether it was started recently or 30 years ago. We're hoping you will consider making copyrighted materials and maps open source, so their contents can be re-used to better understand the road ahead. Please read this introduction, gather your files and upload here. 

We created a documentary film about the highs and lows of Community growing and what gets in the way as we try to overcome barriers to Community growing.  The film was funded by Social Action Inquiry Scotland.  With thanks to Jek and Shan who put the film together.

The Green Spaces Team is working on an exciting project to map every green space in our community, from large parks to hidden garden spots. Set to launch soon, this initiative will create a detailed and interactive map that highlights these vital areas, helping residents explore and appreciate the natural beauty around them.

The Green Spaces Team is working on an exciting project to map every green space in our community, from large parks to hidden garden spots. Set to launch soon, this initiative will create a detailed and interactive map that highlights these vital areas, helping residents explore and appreciate the natural beauty around them.

The Berlin Green Map Team is working on an exciting project to map all our community's second-hand stores, flea markets, and thrift shops—from well-known vintage spots to hidden treasure troves. Set to launch soon, this initiative will create a detailed and interactive map that showcases these unique places, helping residents and visitors alike discover affordable, sustainable shopping options.

The Green Spaces Team is working on an exciting project to map every green space in our community, from large parks to hidden garden spots. Set to launch soon, this initiative will create a detailed and interactive map that highlights these vital areas, helping residents explore and appreciate the natural beauty around them.

The Green Spaces Team is working on an exciting project to map every green space in our community, from large parks to hidden garden spots. Set to launch soon, this initiative will create a detailed and interactive map that highlights these vital areas, helping residents explore and appreciate the natural beauty around them.

L'équipe chargée des espaces verts travaille sur un projet passionnant visant à cartographier tous les espaces verts de notre communauté, qu'il s'agisse de grands parcs ou de jardins cachés. Cette initiative, dont le lancement est prévu prochainement, permettra de créer une carte détaillée et interactive qui mettra en évidence ces zones vitales, aidant ainsi les habitants à explorer et à apprécier la beauté naturelle qui les entoure.

The SCAPE Water Quality App project is led by Professor Dan Collins and was developed with the help educators, scientists, designers, and programmers at the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, the Luminosity Lab at ASU, the Telluride Institute in Telluride, Colorado, the GIS Collective in Berlin, Germany, and the Green Map System in New York.

We welcomed Rachel Kirk along to deliver a willow weaving workshop.  She is a very patient and enthusiastic teacher!  This is her website 

During the year, New Yorkers are producing vegetables, herbs and fruit all over the city - yes, there could eggs, honey and more!Much of this local produce is grown in community gardens, verdant spots of life that provide abundant social and eco benefits alongside delicious tomatoes, colorful rainbow chard and spicy peppers.

There is so much life in a garden and we often don't even see it or it passes us by very quickly.  We spent some time in our Community Garden learning how to take photos of the life that goes on all around us and capturing it on our phones.

We talk a lot about pests in the garden but really they are only doing what comes naturally when they damage our plants.  This should really be encouraging us to live alongside our perceived pests. For years chemicals were the go to for pest control but as we realise the harm chemicals do to the environment and to beneficial insects we have to stop using them.  The biggest thing I would encourage you to do is to know your garden and constantly look at your plants.  This way you can see a problem as soon as it starts and it can be so much easier to deal with.  

Back in Summer 2022, we faced a hot, dry summer. Every week, the SEPA water scarcity report painted a more concerning picture about the levels of water across Scotland. In Dundee we were "extremely dry" and one of our borders was especially impacted by this.