Pes etmek yok ! #NeDarbeNeDiktatörlük Bildiğimiz en iyi şeyi doğayi, #YaşamiSavunmaya devam…
Roma Community Garden in 1950s
Springs’ Footsteps
All the seedlings we planted in December are growing now. Trees are leaning tall, they all have fresh buds and green leaves. We’re happy. We’re hopeful. We’ll be happy to share the latest news and what’s growing in Roma Community Garden. May it grow hope in all of us. …
Agustin and Food Forest
Agustin Sepulveda Sariego is visiting Turkey for the second time for a series of acitivities on community building, local level cooperation, urban ecology and permaculture. He was first introduced to Turkish culture in 2010, when he was invited to teach a Permaculture Design Certificate Course together with Emet Değirmenci. Sariego…
We got together with children at Migrant Solidarity Kitchen !
After we harvested some of our winter crops, DÜRTÜK-Direnen Üretici Tüketici Kolektifi (Resisting Producer Consumer Collective) provided us with the missing ingredients. Yedikule and Piyalepaşa Urban Community Gardens, which are both under threat of urban development supported ours with their harvest. Fatma Karlık from Yeşil Ev (Green House) cooked a…
Winter is gone, it is time to harvest!
Winter is gone, it is time to harvest! Most of our winter crops have matured and they are ready to be picked. We want to share what we’ve grown with everyone that had a helping hand in the process. Before the first harvest is gone, we would like to cook…
Roma Community Garden is Alive in Summer and Winter! December, 5-6: A Weekend Adventure
We staked and mulched the trees we have planted last week and created drip line rings around them with rocks.. We weeded as much as we can and laid the chopped weeds on the soil. We laid cardboard on the ground as well and mulched on top. We hadplanted trees…
Come One, Come All to The Garden, Brings a lot of Cardboard and Friends!
Greetings to the People of Roma Community Garden! We have more work to do. This weekend, we would like to meet and finish our remaining work. We will be in the garden this Saturday and Sunday, after 13:00. We will be waiting for you. Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/538073663031438/…
We Laid the Foundation for Our Food Forest!
We planted our fruit trees and some companion plants. Ground cover seeds met the soil. We would like to thank our dear friend from Kuzey Ormanları Savunması (Northern Forests Defense) Hasan Fazıl Afacan for supporting us with seedlings and bushes we needed for our food forest. Seedlings Hasan sent us…
A New Story: Shall We Have A Food Forest?
If you wish to have your own tree planted in the middle of İstanbul, We are waiting for you on November 29, Sunday at 12:00 … We want to turn Roma Community Garden into a sustainable “Food Forest” or “Forest Garden”, where we have year round harvest. In other words,…