#urbangreening — Public Fediverse posts

A Flourishing Future: Delaware Center for Horticulture Unveils Stunning Garden Transformation https://www.allforgardening.com/1929296/a-flourishing-future-delaware-center-for-horticulture-unveils-stunning-garden-transformation/ #AnnAndCalhounWick #CommunityEngagement #delaware #DelawareCenterForHorticulture #EcoFriendlyDesign #EnvironmentalStewardship #GardenRenovation #GardeningDelaware #GeorginaMBissell #MrsEvelynPriceScott #NativePlants #PublicGreenSpaces #RootedInResilience #UrbanGreening

Bare block in Brentwood transformed into the suburb’s first pocket forest with community support | PerthNow

https://www.perthnow.com.au/wa/perth/south/melville/bare-block-in-brentwood-transformed-into-the-suburbs-first-pocket-forest-with-community-support--c-22658377

> Almost 2000 native plants are now taking root in Bateman to form the first pocket forest on a previously empty block.

#UrbanGreening

Gardening Tool Heads Market Growth Forecast to 2035: Urban Greening and Modular Systems Fuel Expansion – News and Statistics https://www.allforgardening.com/1889261/gardening-tool-heads-market-growth-forecast-to-2035-urban-greening-and-modular-systems-fuel-expansion-news-and-statistics/ #2035 #CAGR #garden #gardening #GardeningToolHeads #HomeGardening #landscaping #MarketForecast #ModularToolHeads #PremiumToolHeads #ReplacementDemand #UrbanGreening

"Vertical Forest" apartments in Huanggang, China

https://piefed.social/c/solarpunk/p/2083630/vertical-forest-apartments-in-huanggang-china

"Vertical Forest" apartments in Huanggang, China

https://piefed.social/c/inhabitedbeauty/p/2083628/vertical-forest-apartments-in-huanggang-china

Urban greening & beekeeping is embraced in #Prague These beehives are in the rooftop garden in their National Museum of Agriculture (where they also have chickens roaming around the front!) ♡♡♡ #biodiversity #urbangreening #urbanbeekeeping #bees #pollination #natureandthecity

Abandoned stadium converted into a community garden, Taipei, Taiwan

https://piefed.social/c/solarpunk/p/2067922/abandoned-stadium-converted-into-a-community-garden-taipei-taiwan

How the house and car nexus is destroying biodiversity

"Australian houses are among the largest in the world, averaging 236 square metres of living space"

"Local urban greening outcomes are subjugated to state government housing priorities."

"Driveway area has increased on average by 57% from 29m2 to 46m2."

"Front garden area has reduced on average by 46% from 102m2 to 55m2."

"Redevelopment has reduced canopy cover by 62% at the lot scale."

"Middle-ring suburban Sydney is experiencing a quiet yet profound transformation. As redevelopment accelerates, larger houses with expansive footprints and additional driveways are steadily replacing traditional front yards and gardens. This study examines 370 properties across Northern and Greater Western Sydney to quantify these changes. In areas where older, low-density homes have been replaced by newer, larger detached dwellings, the average front garden area has declined by 46%, while driveways and other impervious surfaces have increased by 57%. Most notably, front yard canopy cover has fallen by 62%. These patterns are not due to a lack of policy, but to a planning system in which local controls have become discretionary under ongoing state-level legislative reforms. Broader social trends toward larger homes and greater car ownership further reinforce this shift. The cumulative effect is leading to a substantial loss of private green space, contributing to higher urban heat, reduced biodiversity, and diminished connections with nature. Urban planning reform is urgently needed to embed minimum standards..."

Death of the front yards: How the house and car is replacing residential gardens >>
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264275126001617

#cars #roads #housing #driveways #sprawl #expansion #MumAndDadDeveloper #UHI #UrbanHeat #gardens #backyard #GreenSpace #UrbanGreening #wildlife #biodiversity #trees #children #SmallLandclearing #UrbanPlanning #FossilFuel #dependency #failure #regulation #suburbia #Australia #culture

Image: Housing cars

Im Juni letzten Jahres fragten wir noch, wo das Grün an der Haltestelle in der Blücherstraße bleibt.
Ende 2025 wurden zwei ganze Reihen Bäume gepflanzt! Es gibt da eine Oberleitung? Egal! Wir haben Baumscheren!
Wir sind begeistert und werden ganz bestimmt auch Bilder von den Bäumen posten, wenn sie grün sind! Das ist schlicht und ergreifend vorbildlich!
So macht der ÖPNV und das Leben in Ulm Freude.
Wir hoffen auf noch viel mehr Bäume entlang der Straßenbahnen, in Straßen und auf Plätzen.
@stadtulm

#Ulm #Straßenbahn #ÖPNV #Stadtplanung #Verkehrswende #Klimaschutz #GrüneStadt #Nachhaltigkeit #UrbanGreening #GrünesGleisbett #Lebensqualität #Hitzeinsel #BäumeFürsKlima #Artenvielfalt #Zukunftsstadt #Mobilitätswende #MehrGrünInDieStadt

This is interesting! A low cost method to establish mixed planting ecosystems in urban environment.

With methods and techniques relevant to Australia.

https://theconversation.com/we-planted-two-woody-meadows-a-decade-ago-to-see-what-would-thrive-now-the-concept-is-popular-across-australia-269611

#compost
#urbangreening
#communitygarden

🏙️ The Hellish Trade Zones
(Ukrainian: “Торговельні пекельні зони”)

An older piece from 2017 — but still relevant today.
Using Landsat-8 thermal imagery, I explored how urban heat islands form in large commercial and industrial areas completely devoid of vegetation.

These “hellish trade zones” show surface temperatures exceeding 45–50 °C, while nearby shelterbelts and green spaces remain much cooler.
The visual storytelling approach — combining satellite data, maps, and simple explanations — helped raise public awareness about urban greening and environmental health in my city.

📍 Location: Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
🛰️ Data: Landsat-8 (July 15, 2016), thermal band 10 + NDVI
🔗 More: https://www.datastory.org.ua/%d1%82%d0%be%d1%80%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b2%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%bf%d0%b5%d0%ba%d0%b5%d0%bb%d1%8c%d0%bd%d1%96-%d0%b7%d0%be%d0%bd%d0%b8/

#UrbanHeatIsland #RemoteSensing #Landsat #UrbanEcology #ClimateChange #EnvironmentalData #UrbanGreening #Geospatial #GIScience #OpenScience #DataVisualization #Ukraine #Sustainability #KryvyiRih #UrbanHealth

When Street Art Meets Nature (40 Photos)

When street art meets nature, the results are stunning. Some artists blend their murals seamlessly with the landscape, while others use real plants to bring their work to life.

In Ecuador, El Decertor painted a mural that merges with the natural surroundings. In Martinique, Nuxuno Xän turned a tree trunk into part of a painted figure. In New York, OGMillie created a floral mural that brightens the urban space. In Brazil, Fábio Gomes Trindade’s portraits use real bougainvillea as hair, […]

https://streetartutopia.com/2025/07/27/when-street-art-meets-nature/

Zukunft oder Gegenwart? Zwei Bilder, zwei Welten.
Links: Die neue SWU-Haltestelle in Ulm – modernisiert, verlängert, aber leider grau in grau. Asphalt dominiert, kein Grün weit und breit. Im Sommer heizt sich alles auf, Artenvielfalt? Fehlanzeige.
Rechts: Düsseldorf zeigt, wie’s geht! Straßenbahn auf grünem Gleisbett, flankiert von alten Platanen, die Schatten spenden, die Luft kühlen und Lebensraum bieten. So geht klimafreundlicher ÖPNV!
Frage an die Stadtplaner:innen: Geht da in Ulm nicht noch mehr? Mehr Grün, mehr Bäume, mehr Lebensqualität?
Und noch was: Warum verlängern statt öfter fahren? Wer 25 Minuten auf die Bahn wartet, steigt nicht um. Nur ein attraktiver ÖPNV bringt die Verkehrswende!

#Ulm #Düsseldorf #Straßenbahn #ÖPNV #Stadtplanung #Verkehrswende #Klimaschutz #GrüneStadt #Nachhaltigkeit #UrbanGreening #Platanen #GrünesGleisbett #Lebensqualität #Hitzeinsel #BäumeFürsKlima #Artenvielfalt #Zukunftsstadt #Mobilitätswende #MehrGrünInDieStadt #ÖfterStattLänger

Unadorned houses, gray sidewalks, and few trees make up the Katendrechtse Lagendijk in Rotterdam.

Yet, tonight, it will transform into a blooming area of flower beds.

🌳🌸 #UrbanGreening #Tegelwippen

Really interesting insights in this paper about the wellbeing and community inclusion benefits of urban greening and landscaping in new developments / regeneration. No surprise, inclusion is more complex than just quantum of green space. https://bit.ly/3XoRXR4 #regeneration #greenspace #greeninfrastructure #urbangreening #wellbeing #mentalhealth #inclusion #urbannature #communitycohesion

#FYI #GoodNews #EcoGreen #SustainableLiving #GreenCities #Biodiversity #FloodPrevention #UrbanGreening #ClimateAction #EcoInitiative #GreenFuture #NatureInCities

"Dutch communities are replacing tiles with greenery to fight flooding and enhance biodiversity. 🌿🌍 This eco-friendly initiative is transforming urban spaces into green havens."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr4oxxWcCV8

**🌱 The Dutch "Tile Whipping" Competition 🌱**

Move over, football – the Netherlands has a new sport! Each year, Dutch cities compete in the Tegelwippen ("tile whipping") contest to remove as much pavement as possible, making way for trees, gardens, and green spaces 🌳. Since it launched in 2021, over 11 million tiles have been replaced with greenery.🏆

@goodnews

#TileWhipping #Rewilding #UrbanGreening #ClimateAction #GoodNews #Netherlands
https://www.positive.news/society/the-dutch-tile-whipping-competition-to-green-gardens-and-streets/

@JoeriMorpurgo on LinkedIn: #biodiversity #urban #ecosystems #garden

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/joerimorpurgo_biodiversity-urban-ecosystems-activity-7256995994402222080-seER?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android

> Our article on #biodiversity in #urbanfacadegarden just got #published in #UrbanForestry and #UrbanGreening! 4 Take-aways 👇: 1️⃣ 🐞 🐛 The smallest #gardens…

"One Garden Against the World is a call to action for anyone interested in gardening, #conservation or #climate change. Bradbury’s engaging narrative and actionable advice make this book an essential read for urban dwellers looking to make a positive impact."

#gardening #rewilding #restoration #cities #urbangreening #backyardhabitat

https://www.rewildingmag.com/yes-rewilding-your-garden-matters/

Thank you to everyone who came along on Wednesday night - you really make the night a lot of fun. If there was one take away from the evening it was Jim's talk.

"all the joys of life come from substances entering and leaving the body"
Jim Bellew 2024

#Networking #LiverpoolEvents #community #urbangreening #Liverpool #WorkAndPlay #thingstodoliverpool #community #dating #class #fying #entrepreneur #stories

Sydney has opened up consultation on a strategy to reduce car traffic and make the city more walkable

"Driving in central Sydney will become harder under a plan to make the city more comfortable for pedestrians.

"The City of Sydney wants to narrow roads for wider footpaths and push for lower speed limits to discourage drivers from the CBD and transform Sydney into a walkable city.

"The council will also install more pedestrian crossings and prioritise people over cars... five times more pedestrians than motorists on the average street, yet just 40 per cent of road space is allocated to footpaths."

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/greener-safer-calmer-the-plan-to-discourage-drivers-from-central-sydney-20240312-p5fbr7.html

Some key points of the strategy are:

We will ensure that there is sufficient space for people to walk.

We will improve connectivity for people walking by ensuring there are frequent street crossings that give people priority and that align with people’s walking routes.

We will ensure that footpaths and crossings are accessible so that everyone can use them.

We will plan our city based on 10-minute neighbourhoods so that people are able to meet their daily needs easily by walking.

We will make it safer for people to walk by reducing vehicle speeds.

We will reduce traffic volumes on surface streets and manage through-traffic in residential neighbourhood streets to improve both safety and experience for people walking.

We will work to make all people feel safer while walking around our city.

We will work to improve compliance with road rules, especially the lesser-known rules that benefit people walking.

We will make our streets and public spaces comfortable and inviting by ensuring that they
are green and cool.

We will make sure that there are frequent opportunities for people to stop and rest, use the toilet or have a drink of water.

We will make our city more pleasant to walk in by reducing noise and air pollution from
traffic.

We will make all streets interesting to walk along by ensuring that built form has active, permeable frontages that invite engagement and curiosity.

We will use design, activations and installations to create neighbourhood-based community and encourage people to interact with their streets.

Full details here: https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/policy-planning-changes/your-feedback-walking-strategy-action-plan#strategy

Unfortunately, the car-brained leader of the local business lobby isn't on board:

"Business Sydney executive director Paul Nicolaou welcomed efforts to make the city pedestrian-friendly... But Nicolaou said it was difficult to see how making Sydney a predominantly walking city would benefit businesses such as retailers."

(Worth repeating that 80% of people on an average city street are pedestrians, so it already is a predominantly walking city.)

Anyway, if you think the plan's a good idea, make sure you let the Sydney City Council know by emailing [email protected]

#urbanism #UrbanPlanning #Sydney @fuck_cars #walking #walk #walkability #nswpol #auspol #nsw #planning #cities #UrbanGreening #city #cities #australia

OnlineFirst - "Greening the gentrification process: Insights and engagements from practitioners" by Jessica Quinton, Lorien Nesbitt, Daniel Sax, and Leila Harris:

#greengentrification #environmentaljustice #urbanforestry
#urbangreening

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486241236281