In Istanbul the community garden project Bostan is awaken to a new life. The word Bostan means garden near your house, where you grow your daily food. And this is what people like to do in Turkey, even when they live in a city of millions – like Istanbul. For more than 30 years people people here have struggled to defend their common garden against urbanisation. Since 2015 people can produce their food at Bostan, School gardens and fruit trees included.
In Istanbul a community garden project is awaken to a new life. The Bostan garden includes a field the size of 2000 m². Hannes Lorenzen, a friend a great supporter of the 2000 m² project has recently visited Istanbul and taken the first steps towards a new cooperation: 2000 …
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