#urbangreenspace — Public Fediverse posts
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25 High Yield Backyard Vegetable Gardening Methods for Maximum Harvest 🍅🌿 https://www.allforgardening.com/1771410/25-high-yield-backyard-vegetable-gardening-methods-for-maximum-harvest-%f0%9f%8d%85%f0%9f%8c%bf/ #BackyardGardening #BackyardVegetableGarden #BalconyGardenDesign #CityGardenInspiration #EdibleGardening #GardenInspiration #GreenLiving #HighYieldGardening #HomeGardenIdeas #IndoorGardenIdeas #MinimalistGarden #ModernGardenDesign #PeacefulGardenDesign #RooftopGardenIdeas #SmallGardenIdeas #UrbanGarden #UrbanGardenIdeas #UrbanGardening #UrbanGreenSpace #VegetableGardeningIdeas
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25 High Yield Backyard Vegetable Gardening Methods for Maximum Harvest 🍅🌿 https://www.allforgardening.com/1771410/25-high-yield-backyard-vegetable-gardening-methods-for-maximum-harvest-%f0%9f%8d%85%f0%9f%8c%bf/ #BackyardGardening #BackyardVegetableGarden #BalconyGardenDesign #CityGardenInspiration #EdibleGardening #GardenInspiration #GreenLiving #HighYieldGardening #HomeGardenIdeas #IndoorGardenIdeas #MinimalistGarden #ModernGardenDesign #PeacefulGardenDesign #RooftopGardenIdeas #SmallGardenIdeas #UrbanGarden #UrbanGardenIdeas #UrbanGardening #UrbanGreenSpace #VegetableGardeningIdeas
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Noisy garden parties at metro Atlanta nonprofit have neighbors feeling rattled https://www.allforgardening.com/1727823/noisy-garden-parties-at-metro-atlanta-nonprofit-have-neighbors-feeling-rattled/ #decatur #DecaturCityCommission #garden #StephanieVanParys #SteveMiller #UrbanGreenspace #WyldeCenterOakhurstGarden
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Noisy garden parties at metro Atlanta nonprofit have neighbors feeling rattled https://www.allforgardening.com/1727823/noisy-garden-parties-at-metro-atlanta-nonprofit-have-neighbors-feeling-rattled/ #decatur #DecaturCityCommission #garden #StephanieVanParys #SteveMiller #UrbanGreenspace #WyldeCenterOakhurstGarden
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The #depaving groups reclaiming #UrbanGreenSpace
by Jennifer Cole, Mar 21, 2026
"It took two years, but finally, in 2025, Jean Norwood’s dream of turning the parking lot at #MorningstarMissionary Baptist Church in #PortlandOR, into a play area for children and a #FoodGarden with #FruitTrees came true. Working with Norwood to bring her vision to reality was #DepavePortland. Since 2008, the Portland-based nonprofit has been digging up paved surfaces, freeing the trapped soil underneath and #regreening the newly reclaimed space.
"There are an estimated 2 billion parking places in the United States, an area comparable in size to the entire state of Vermont. That figure does not include #sidewalks, schoolyards or other paved surfaces, which, along with #CarParks, trap heat, intensifying the urban #HeatIsland effect in some cases by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit compared with surrounding areas. '#Asphalt makes your space hotter in the summertime, and colder in the wintertime,' Norwood says.
"When asphalt is removed and the soil beneath is exposed, those dynamics begin to reverse. The ground can absorb and store #carbon, and #rainwater is able to filter into the soil rather than running off into sewers. #Trees and #gardens can be planted that provide shade and a #habitat is created for #birds, #insects and other #wildlife.
"This was Norwood’s dream for the parking lot at Morningstar. Going from concrete to fruit trees, though, takes patience. 'First,' she says, 'there was about six months of planning and submitting requests for permitting.'
"Depave guided Norwood and the church through all of it, even seeking out grants to help cover costs. When it came time to depave the parking lot, volunteers recruited by Depave used crowbars, shovels, bare hands and wheelbarrows to lift out the pavement and daylight the soil beneath. Depave also worked with Morningstar on finding contractors to build the play area and raised #GardenBeds, and on choosing the plants for each newly #regreened space. It’s a process Depave has perfected at more than 82 sites across Portland."
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenCities #GreenerCities #RewildingCities #MoreParksLessParkingLots #WildlifeHabitat
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The #depaving groups reclaiming #UrbanGreenSpace
by Jennifer Cole, Mar 21, 2026
"It took two years, but finally, in 2025, Jean Norwood’s dream of turning the parking lot at #MorningstarMissionary Baptist Church in #PortlandOR, into a play area for children and a #FoodGarden with #FruitTrees came true. Working with Norwood to bring her vision to reality was #DepavePortland. Since 2008, the Portland-based nonprofit has been digging up paved surfaces, freeing the trapped soil underneath and #regreening the newly reclaimed space.
"There are an estimated 2 billion parking places in the United States, an area comparable in size to the entire state of Vermont. That figure does not include #sidewalks, schoolyards or other paved surfaces, which, along with #CarParks, trap heat, intensifying the urban #HeatIsland effect in some cases by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit compared with surrounding areas. '#Asphalt makes your space hotter in the summertime, and colder in the wintertime,' Norwood says.
"When asphalt is removed and the soil beneath is exposed, those dynamics begin to reverse. The ground can absorb and store #carbon, and #rainwater is able to filter into the soil rather than running off into sewers. #Trees and #gardens can be planted that provide shade and a #habitat is created for #birds, #insects and other #wildlife.
"This was Norwood’s dream for the parking lot at Morningstar. Going from concrete to fruit trees, though, takes patience. 'First,' she says, 'there was about six months of planning and submitting requests for permitting.'
"Depave guided Norwood and the church through all of it, even seeking out grants to help cover costs. When it came time to depave the parking lot, volunteers recruited by Depave used crowbars, shovels, bare hands and wheelbarrows to lift out the pavement and daylight the soil beneath. Depave also worked with Morningstar on finding contractors to build the play area and raised #GardenBeds, and on choosing the plants for each newly #regreened space. It’s a process Depave has perfected at more than 82 sites across Portland."
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenCities #GreenerCities #RewildingCities #MoreParksLessParkingLots #WildlifeHabitat
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The #depaving groups reclaiming #UrbanGreenSpace
by Jennifer Cole, Mar 21, 2026
"It took two years, but finally, in 2025, Jean Norwood’s dream of turning the parking lot at #MorningstarMissionary Baptist Church in #PortlandOR, into a play area for children and a #FoodGarden with #FruitTrees came true. Working with Norwood to bring her vision to reality was #DepavePortland. Since 2008, the Portland-based nonprofit has been digging up paved surfaces, freeing the trapped soil underneath and #regreening the newly reclaimed space.
"There are an estimated 2 billion parking places in the United States, an area comparable in size to the entire state of Vermont. That figure does not include #sidewalks, schoolyards or other paved surfaces, which, along with #CarParks, trap heat, intensifying the urban #HeatIsland effect in some cases by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit compared with surrounding areas. '#Asphalt makes your space hotter in the summertime, and colder in the wintertime,' Norwood says.
"When asphalt is removed and the soil beneath is exposed, those dynamics begin to reverse. The ground can absorb and store #carbon, and #rainwater is able to filter into the soil rather than running off into sewers. #Trees and #gardens can be planted that provide shade and a #habitat is created for #birds, #insects and other #wildlife.
"This was Norwood’s dream for the parking lot at Morningstar. Going from concrete to fruit trees, though, takes patience. 'First,' she says, 'there was about six months of planning and submitting requests for permitting.'
"Depave guided Norwood and the church through all of it, even seeking out grants to help cover costs. When it came time to depave the parking lot, volunteers recruited by Depave used crowbars, shovels, bare hands and wheelbarrows to lift out the pavement and daylight the soil beneath. Depave also worked with Morningstar on finding contractors to build the play area and raised #GardenBeds, and on choosing the plants for each newly #regreened space. It’s a process Depave has perfected at more than 82 sites across Portland."
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenCities #GreenerCities #RewildingCities #MoreParksLessParkingLots #WildlifeHabitat
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The #depaving groups reclaiming #UrbanGreenSpace
by Jennifer Cole, Mar 21, 2026
"It took two years, but finally, in 2025, Jean Norwood’s dream of turning the parking lot at #MorningstarMissionary Baptist Church in #PortlandOR, into a play area for children and a #FoodGarden with #FruitTrees came true. Working with Norwood to bring her vision to reality was #DepavePortland. Since 2008, the Portland-based nonprofit has been digging up paved surfaces, freeing the trapped soil underneath and #regreening the newly reclaimed space.
"There are an estimated 2 billion parking places in the United States, an area comparable in size to the entire state of Vermont. That figure does not include #sidewalks, schoolyards or other paved surfaces, which, along with #CarParks, trap heat, intensifying the urban #HeatIsland effect in some cases by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit compared with surrounding areas. '#Asphalt makes your space hotter in the summertime, and colder in the wintertime,' Norwood says.
"When asphalt is removed and the soil beneath is exposed, those dynamics begin to reverse. The ground can absorb and store #carbon, and #rainwater is able to filter into the soil rather than running off into sewers. #Trees and #gardens can be planted that provide shade and a #habitat is created for #birds, #insects and other #wildlife.
"This was Norwood’s dream for the parking lot at Morningstar. Going from concrete to fruit trees, though, takes patience. 'First,' she says, 'there was about six months of planning and submitting requests for permitting.'
"Depave guided Norwood and the church through all of it, even seeking out grants to help cover costs. When it came time to depave the parking lot, volunteers recruited by Depave used crowbars, shovels, bare hands and wheelbarrows to lift out the pavement and daylight the soil beneath. Depave also worked with Morningstar on finding contractors to build the play area and raised #GardenBeds, and on choosing the plants for each newly #regreened space. It’s a process Depave has perfected at more than 82 sites across Portland."
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenCities #GreenerCities #RewildingCities #MoreParksLessParkingLots #WildlifeHabitat
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The #depaving groups reclaiming #UrbanGreenSpace
by Jennifer Cole, Mar 21, 2026
"It took two years, but finally, in 2025, Jean Norwood’s dream of turning the parking lot at #MorningstarMissionary Baptist Church in #PortlandOR, into a play area for children and a #FoodGarden with #FruitTrees came true. Working with Norwood to bring her vision to reality was #DepavePortland. Since 2008, the Portland-based nonprofit has been digging up paved surfaces, freeing the trapped soil underneath and #regreening the newly reclaimed space.
"There are an estimated 2 billion parking places in the United States, an area comparable in size to the entire state of Vermont. That figure does not include #sidewalks, schoolyards or other paved surfaces, which, along with #CarParks, trap heat, intensifying the urban #HeatIsland effect in some cases by up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit compared with surrounding areas. '#Asphalt makes your space hotter in the summertime, and colder in the wintertime,' Norwood says.
"When asphalt is removed and the soil beneath is exposed, those dynamics begin to reverse. The ground can absorb and store #carbon, and #rainwater is able to filter into the soil rather than running off into sewers. #Trees and #gardens can be planted that provide shade and a #habitat is created for #birds, #insects and other #wildlife.
"This was Norwood’s dream for the parking lot at Morningstar. Going from concrete to fruit trees, though, takes patience. 'First,' she says, 'there was about six months of planning and submitting requests for permitting.'
"Depave guided Norwood and the church through all of it, even seeking out grants to help cover costs. When it came time to depave the parking lot, volunteers recruited by Depave used crowbars, shovels, bare hands and wheelbarrows to lift out the pavement and daylight the soil beneath. Depave also worked with Morningstar on finding contractors to build the play area and raised #GardenBeds, and on choosing the plants for each newly #regreened space. It’s a process Depave has perfected at more than 82 sites across Portland."
https://www.rewildingmag.com/the-depaving-groups-reclaiming-urban-green-space/
#SolarPunkSunday #MoreGreenCities #GreenerCities #RewildingCities #MoreParksLessParkingLots #WildlifeHabitat
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How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
James Gallagher, March 15, 2025
Excerpt: "Dr Natalie Mueller, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, takes me for a walk around the city centre. We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.
"But there is something different about this street – it used to be a busy road, but the space was given over to pedestrians, cafes and gardens. I can see the ghost of an old cross roads by the shape of the flowerbeds. Vehicles can still come down here, just slowly.
"Remember earlier in the lab, we found that some sounds can soothe the body.
"'It is not completely silent, but it's a different perception of sound and noise,' Dr Mueller says."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjdm2m4yjo
#NoisePollution #MoreGreenSpace #SolarPunkSunday #NatureWalks #GreenSpace #UrbanGreenSpace -
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
James Gallagher, March 15, 2025
Excerpt: "Dr Natalie Mueller, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, takes me for a walk around the city centre. We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.
"But there is something different about this street – it used to be a busy road, but the space was given over to pedestrians, cafes and gardens. I can see the ghost of an old cross roads by the shape of the flowerbeds. Vehicles can still come down here, just slowly.
"Remember earlier in the lab, we found that some sounds can soothe the body.
"'It is not completely silent, but it's a different perception of sound and noise,' Dr Mueller says."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjdm2m4yjo
#NoisePollution #MoreGreenSpace #SolarPunkSunday #NatureWalks #GreenSpace #UrbanGreenSpace -
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
James Gallagher, March 15, 2025
Excerpt: "Dr Natalie Mueller, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, takes me for a walk around the city centre. We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.
"But there is something different about this street – it used to be a busy road, but the space was given over to pedestrians, cafes and gardens. I can see the ghost of an old cross roads by the shape of the flowerbeds. Vehicles can still come down here, just slowly.
"Remember earlier in the lab, we found that some sounds can soothe the body.
"'It is not completely silent, but it's a different perception of sound and noise,' Dr Mueller says."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjdm2m4yjo
#NoisePollution #MoreGreenSpace #SolarPunkSunday #NatureWalks #GreenSpace #UrbanGreenSpace -
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
James Gallagher, March 15, 2025
Excerpt: "Dr Natalie Mueller, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, takes me for a walk around the city centre. We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.
"But there is something different about this street – it used to be a busy road, but the space was given over to pedestrians, cafes and gardens. I can see the ghost of an old cross roads by the shape of the flowerbeds. Vehicles can still come down here, just slowly.
"Remember earlier in the lab, we found that some sounds can soothe the body.
"'It is not completely silent, but it's a different perception of sound and noise,' Dr Mueller says."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjdm2m4yjo
#NoisePollution #MoreGreenSpace #SolarPunkSunday #NatureWalks #GreenSpace #UrbanGreenSpace -
How our noisy world is seriously damaging our health
James Gallagher, March 15, 2025
Excerpt: "Dr Natalie Mueller, from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, takes me for a walk around the city centre. We start on a busy road – my sound meter clocks in at over 80 decibels – and we head to a quiet tree-lined avenue where the noise is down to the 50s.
"But there is something different about this street – it used to be a busy road, but the space was given over to pedestrians, cafes and gardens. I can see the ghost of an old cross roads by the shape of the flowerbeds. Vehicles can still come down here, just slowly.
"Remember earlier in the lab, we found that some sounds can soothe the body.
"'It is not completely silent, but it's a different perception of sound and noise,' Dr Mueller says."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crmjdm2m4yjo
#NoisePollution #MoreGreenSpace #SolarPunkSunday #NatureWalks #GreenSpace #UrbanGreenSpace -
Century-old tree fighting for survival after being poisoned by vandals. Another Harbour green space falls victim as trees are targeted for better water views.
#EnvironmentalVandalism #SaveOurTrees #UrbanGreenspace #SydneyHarbour #Greed
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#Mosses in the city can perfectly live together with human architecture. They should be cultivated wherever possible and not be seen as a sign of decay.
Here a nice example of thriving moss on an exhaust air vent of a university building.
#Mosstodon #MossMonday #moss #solarpunk #urbangreenspace #urbangreen
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Get Paid to Save the Planet: #NewToNature is offering 60 paid #trainee #placements to 18-25 year-olds across the UK to help save #nature. Funded by the National Lottery #Heritage Fund & delivered by #GroundWork. Applications are open now until 17 Feb: https://www.groundwork.org.uk/new-to-nature-apply/ #biodiversity #NatureRecovery #UrbanGreenSpace #Woodloands #Wetlands #MarineNature #Education #Training
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After a week of what seemed like solid rain, I could get used to walking the dog in conditions like these.
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust & Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities recently hosted the Naturally Thriving: Rethinking Urban Green Space conference. All of the sessions are now available to view online - so join the 1400 delegates that originally attended and catch up with everything to do with #UrbanGreenSpace, including the newly launched resource hub: https://www.futureparks.org.uk/resource-hub
#wellbeing #communities #nature #ClimateCrisis #economics
https://futureparksaccelerator.notion.site/Naturally-Thriving-Rethinking-Urban-Green-Space-1cb11dcee35b4d9ea6a730432b3cfd56