Allotment gardens and balconies are green oases amidst the concrete city landscape. But in recent years, climatic changes have also had an impact here. On our Future Day at the allotment colony Märchenland (Fairytale Land), we’re planning to find out together with you how gardening can become sustainable in the future.

Strawberries, tomatoes and fragrant lavender: small gardens are not just there for recreation and self-sufficiency, they also bring a piece of nature into our everyday lives. But the climatic changes are making themselves felt here too: drought, persistent heat and increasingly milder winters are changing soils, growth and crop periods. We need to adapt to this change.

On our Future Day at the allotment colony Märchenland, together with our experts from research and practice, we’ll be looking into the latest findings on gardening in our region. We want to find out about the strategies we need to apply in Berlin and Brandenburg in the future. How can we protect the soil and, at the same time, achieve good harvests? And can small gardens even contribute to improving the urban climate?

Programme

-> Short workshops for allotment gardeners and their offspring (from 6 years)

-> Discussion rounds

-> Individual gardening advice

-> Swap exchange for herbs and seeds

-> And of course: homemade cake

Guests

-> Nadine Lechner and Tomas Kiousek, Schreberjugend (Young Allotment Gardeners)

-> Sven Wachtmann, horticultural engineer and consultant to the Berliner Gartenfreunde (Berlin Garden Friends)

-> Kristin Exner, gardening consultant at the allotment colony Märchenland

-> Jutta Zeitz, former university professor, agronomist and expert in soil protection

Information

-> Venue: Kleingartenanlage Märchenland e.V. in Weißensee, Reineke-Fuchs-Weg 55, 13088 Berlin

-> The event is free of charge.

-> Interested visitors of all ages are welcome. We recommend participation from the age of 6

Accessibility

-> Wheelchair accessible venue.

Photo & Video

-> Photos will be taken during the event. If you don’t wish to be pictured, please let us know in advance.

Here you can look into the various facets of our new thematic focus “Future Fields. Farming and Using the Land” from an urban perspective. The events will be organised with committed locals and present concrete approaches to shaping the future of our city. Each event will be dedicated to a new topic. Exchange everyday expertise, gain insights into research findings, try out new techniques and engage in unusual conversations!

Here you can find all the dates.

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The image used for the event was created using the AI-supported image generation technology Midjourney. It is for visualisation purposes and may contain stylised or abstract representations. All rights to the generated images are owned by Futurium or the respective authors, where applicable.
The following prompt was used: A vibrant, high-resolution photograph of a lush, well-maintained garden in full bloom. The garden is filled with a variety of flowers as well as green leafy plants and vegetables. The foreground is densely packed with leafy greens, while the background features a small, quaint garden shed with a white exterior and a dark brown door. The garden is surrounded by a wooden fence, and the ground is covered in a mixture of dirt and gravel paths. The sky is clear.