tipes of urban gardens

TYPES OF URBAN GARDENS

Urban Gardens School .

An option to include environmental education increasingly seated within formal education in the curriculum of the students is the " Urban Garden School " , posing it as a school project that can benefit the alumni  of all levels . Much of the value of an initiative such as " Urban Garden School " is because it is an educational resource section, since its contents are designed to develop the capabilities of students beyond the area of science . The educational potential of this project are large, but their goals are clear :

• Environmental awareness , to avoid uprooting the students respect the land and its natural environment and promote closer attitudes of respect to the environment .

• The development of personal autonomy , having alumni to learn to cope in a new task for them.

• Socialization , because it requires teamwork to achieve a common goal.

• The acquisition of hygiene , health and body care related to physical exercise and good nutrition

• The enhancement of critical and analytical capacity through the implementation of the scientific method in exploring , collect data and consider and solve problems.

Therapeutic Urban Gardens .

The therapeutic Urban gardens on Aging are spaces created on site of senior centers that offer a playful alternative plan framed in active aging , and that the use of the therapeutic value of plants is very beneficial for improving the physical, psychological , cognitive and social users.

These urban gardens , fully adapted to the characteristics and needs of users in terms of their physical limitations , and the institution itself , as far as regards space and facilities , provide an opportunity to integrate the benefits of gardening and agriculture ecological everyday of the elderly , increasing their quality of life.

The orthotherapy, or horticultural use for therapeutic purposes , is widely recognized in other countries with respect to your application with the elderly people as the effects produced are very obvious and relevant :

• Combat depression often suffer from a feeling of abandonment and loneliness , creating in them a responsibility which increases their self-esteem and decrease the likelihood of certain diseases.

• Contact with nature stimulates your senses , improve motor function , work tolerance and personal autonomy .

• Encourage the expression of residual knowledge about the world of agriculture , thus working memory abilities and the elderly self .

Municipal Urban Gardens .

Most of the current population in most developed countries , live in urban areas, where the only contact is with the natural environment are municipal parks and gardens . These green areas represent urban living spaces, fulfilling important functions as pockets of nature in the urban environment.

Municipal Urban gardens are facing today as a new concept of green space where citizen participation is critical. Unlike the gardens and parks, landscaped and maintained by the municipal services , urban gardens are under the work and care of the users themselves, thus also acquire a value from the point of view.

We can say that municipal urban gardens are a tool that improves the environmental quality of cities and the quality of life of its citizens and this has been demonstrated in the various initiatives that are being developed in countries like United States , Britain , Germany and recently also in Spain .

Municipal Urban gardens are public or private land (in this case the City secondment ) that are prepared and managed by the local government for use as gardens , divided into small plots that are drawn from the population. The management of urban gardens and agricultural practices that are carried out should be guided by sustainability criteria , seeking the creation of a clean , facilitator of biodiversity and environmental quality improvement