📝 Detailed information
🏢 About the local organisation
The local partner “Annalinde” is a non-profit-association realising urban gardening and urban agriculture on derelict land and wasteland in the inner city of Leipzig. They run a 2000 qm community garden, where everybody is invited to contribute, to share duties, ideas and harvest. They also run a non-profit market garden and an orchard. These gardens are not only a place to cultivate vegetables and fruits, they are also social places to meet, discuss and learn about sustainable consumption, biodiversity and the social development of urban areas. Therefore, different educational offers for children, youngsters and adults are also part of the activities, e.g. intercultural evenings. The workcamp will support “Annalinde” in the gardening work and in different educational activities with pupils aged 14 -16. Here you can find a short video (with English subtitles) about the background of the project: https://vimeo.com/108167600 .
💼 What the programme involves
The workcamp will support urban gardening and urban agriculture in Leipzig. Every day the workcamp will split up in two groups: The “construction group” will set up a summer outdoor kitchen in the orchard, which will be mainly used for educational activities. The “educational group” will work in the market garden (weeding, harvesting etc.) and at the same time prepare workshops for pupils combining topics of sustainability, gardening and intercultural learning. From Aug 22nd to 24th you will run these (and other) activities together with local pupils aged 14-16.
🏠 Accommodation on site
In a community centre 5 min by foot from the main garden. There is a hall (used for sleeping and eating), a kitchen, toilets and showers. Camping beds will be provided, please bring your sleeping bag.
📍 About the location
Leipzig has 560.000 inhabitants and is a real boomtown: university and industry are growing, many artists live here and you can find plenty of events, clubs, social initiatives…. At the same time Leipzig is surrounded by lakes where you can swim or do canoeing. The city is home of a world famous choir and you can discover recent German history here. Several social and cultural activities will take place in the gardens at the period of the workcamp and you are invited to join.
ℹ️ Additional information
Safety shoes (steel-toed shoes) are required to work in the gardens. So, it would be a great help if you could bring your own safety shoes (then you know for sure, that they fit well).