Permaculture in the City: a sampler of inspiring urban agriculture projects
10 urban gardens that will inspire you to grow food no matter where you live
Doing permaculture in the city can be more complex than designing a rural homestead, and one of the first obstacles many of us have to overcome is the lack of access to available land.
Here is a quick-and-dirty collection of examples for how people have found amazing and creative ways to grow food in the city, even if they didn’t own land.
Detroit, Michigan. The Georgia Street Community Collective in Detroit is an excellent example of a community permaculture program that has really made the effort to connect with what stakeholders need and want.
New YorkCity has thousands of gardens in public and private places all over the city. Even though the cost of living is extremely high and people struggle with extreme poverty and ongoing threats of violence on a level much more intense than most places, you can still find food, flowers, and sanctuary in every neighborhood. Here are a few quick examples: