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How can the areas of the future expansion of the Horner Geest landscape axis be activated and secured for horticultural uses?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The innovation area for urban agriculture relies on creative agricultural actors who will use our 2.85 ha test and demonstration area as spatial pioneers in the period from spring 2025 to autumn 2026 and build a user community. Here, the research team, together with a growing group of practitioners and in close exchange with the BUKEA and other municipal actors, is investigating in a real-world experiment what a biodiverse, small-structured and cooperatively organised urban horticulture of the future could look like in the urban space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The test and demonstration area has a jointly usable infrastructure (water and electricity supply, recreation and equipment containers, wild life fence). On the area, there are currently plots with a size of 100 m\u00b2 to 2,500 m\u00b2, on which we are testing different cultivation methods and production systems in co-creative exchange with various managers (see below). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Location of the test and demonstration area in the Green Corridor Horner Geest<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In addition, further plots of land with a size of up to max. 6,000 m\u00b2 will be available for 2026, which will be allocated to interested companies and stakeholders from the fields of horticulture, micro-agriculture, market gardening, community-supported agriculture, as well as from environmental and nutritional education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Site plan of the test and demonstration area with division of the area into different utilisation units (as of 05.2025)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Objective of the Test Laboratory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The aim of this experiment is to enable access to land and markets for committed and interested actors from urban agriculture, as well as to establish a self-supporting organisational and management structure that networks the actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a central component of the overall project, it functions as a showcase for urban agriculture for the planned Gartenstadt \u00d6jendorf. By closely involving stakeholders with their experience and practical knowledge in the discussion and design of such urban development processes, it makes a significant contribution to identifying the potential and challenges for the long-term integration of urban agriculture with sustainable, economically viable utilization concepts in the Green Corridor Horner Geest and the new garden city of \u00d6jendorf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Accompanying Measures and Exchange Formats<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The project team organises accompanying workshops, excursions and information events at which the practical actors present their experiences and discuss them together with science and administration. The exchange serves to close knowledge gaps, promote new cooperations and develop transferable business models for a sustainable management of the areas beyond the project duration. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To ensure a smooth process on the site, a position for the horticultural support and coordination of the test and community areas has been advertised and filled. The tasks include the operative support on site, coordination of maintenance and repair measures, support of the participating actors as well as the continuous documentation of the developments in the real laboratory. This role is crucial for the knowledge transfer between practice and research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Operator structure of the demonstration and test area<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Field diary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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The field diary continuously documents the developments on the test site. Starting with calendar week 14 in 2025, progress and activities on the test area of the innovation area will be recorded in weekly sequence. In this way, a continuous chronicle of use and development is created. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos and texts by Patricia Buqa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n