BBM Gardens: Experiences of a social organization's social garden experiment

Abstract

How to revitalise and start to rebuild social relations in an integrated way in an ever-changing urban context is becoming an increasingly timely question. First and foremost, to ensure that individuals do not live alienated and isolated, but socially embedded and organised in community. Secondly, to promote their economic well-being and thirdly, to promote adaptation to environmental challenges. This holistic approach is represented by the Budapest Bike Maffia, a grassroots initiative in the capital city, who use social gardening as a tool to make the relationship between vulnerable groups and their environment more sustainable. In the context of urban agriculture, they are not only building seedlings, but also trust and a network of relationships between members of society.