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Urban gardening is a blooming lifestyle

  • Vaasa

Ikkuna News: Beneath the bright sky in Kotiranta people are growing their own food. Allotment in urban areas is popular also in Vaasa. Lots of potatoes, mint, dill and other delicious food are grown in the plots.

– Our other gardening plots are located in Pappilanmäki, Suvilahti and Korkeamäki. There are altogether 270 plots in Vaasa, says horticulturist Leila Roininen from the City Green Area Unit.

– Currently there are around 50 plots free for gardening. Most of them are in Kotiranta and Pappilanmäki. The plots are generally sized from 1 to 1.5 are of land. Anyone can rent them by contacting our office.

Food with flavor. People are allowed to sow and plant annual plants. Christina Käld has rented her plot for 13 years.

– My gardening season starts always in March. I keep gardening journals. According to the records, this year I have planted already 41 different plants.

For Käld urban gardening is more than a hobby. It has become a true lifestyle.

– I plant traditional vegetables like carrots, but I also like for example fennel, corn and chili that are not so common. Potatoes, onions and zucchinis are the easiest ones to start with.

– Food grown outside in the open fields is really tasty and full of flavor.

Feeling of belonging. Allotment has many benefits. Isabell Tervo among many other gardeners is grateful to the city of Vaasa for providing the plot areas to the citizens.

– In the winter time, we sit inside and wait for the summer to arrive. Urban gardening is interesting. It is so lovely and peaceful in the middle of all gardens. People can get fresh food to their tables.

Tervo is originally from Kenya. Urban gardening is a way to build a good sense of community and to enhance people’s well-being.

– The gardeners in Kotiranta come from many different countries. We help each other like relatives. We exchange seeds and seedlings and just spend time together during sunny days.

Raija Koivisto-Rasmussen

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