Urban Gardening Project in Schillers Gardenhouse
We want to create a place of encounter by growing healthy food.
Urban Gardening Projekt in Schillers Gartenhaus
Based on a seminar paper by a group of students from the GEOG535 seminar (SoSe2024), which looked for potential locations for urban gardening at the University of Jena, the idea was born to establish a student urban gardening project in Schiller's garden. Here, the seminar group identified vacant beds and made initial arrangements with garden manager Helmut Hühn. This project was taken up during the Climate Challenge and actively launched by the Green Office.
The project is currently run by 14 university students, together with the university gardener who looks after the university's historic gardens (Robert) and a student employee from the Green Office (Frederik). Communication between the students takes place via WhatsApp.
The following vegetables are currently being planted: zucchini, bell pepper, cucumber, leek, tomato, garlic, radish, lettuce, pumpkin, potato, beet, chard, carrot, kohlrabi. We have eight to twelve 1m*4.5m beds in the park of Schiller's garden house at our disposal.
With this project, we are committed to sustainable, communal gardening in the city and at the university. Furthermore, knowledge can be shared and exchanged here, especially on the topics of gardening, the environment and nutrition. The city garden project is a green meeting place for everyone.
New participants in the project are always welcome!
There are also plans to cooperate with the student health management team on this project in the future. They have rented a plot of land in the Flussland, where you can also try out a sustainable and healthy lifestyle.?Urban Gardening FlusslandExternal link
grüne Paprikafrucht in Schillers Gartenhaus
Image: Frederik SelleJuly 2025 - the first fruits can be seen
The first fruits can now be seen, especially on the pepper plants.
Kartoffeln setzen
Image: Frederik SelleMay 2025 - first planting
The first varieties were planted in May 2025, including potatoes, radishes and lettuce.
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düngen und Beete umgraben
Image: Frederik SelleApril 2025 - fertilize beds
The beds were fertilized with horse manure to provide the plants with the necessary nutrients later on and to promote their growth.
This project pursues these goals of the sustainability strategy: B.5.1 Friedrich Schiller University is committed to promoting biodiversity on the university campus and, in particular, B.5.1.2 unsealing and greening outdoor areas to positively influence the urban climate (e.g. with climate-resilient plants) and B.5.2.?Friedrich Schiller University is committed to strengthening socio-cultural meeting areas at the university and in particular B.5.2.3 Providing areas for urban gardening. More information on the sustainability strategy - action fields Operation?de
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Dieses Projekt verfolgt diese Ziele der Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie: B.5.1 Die Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t verpflichtet sich dazu, die Biodiversit?t auf dem Universit?tsgel?nde zu f?rdern und insbesondere B.5.1.2 Entsiegelung und Begrünung der Au?enfl?chen, um das Stadtklima positiv zu beeinflussen (z. B. mit klimaresilienten Pflanzen) sowie B.5.2 Die Friedrich-Schiller-Universit?t verpflichtet sich dazu, soziokulturelle Begegnungsfl?chen an der Universit?t zu st?rken und insbesondere B.5.2.3 Bereitstellung von Fl?chen für Urban Gardening.?Mehr Informationen zur Nachhaltigkeitsstrategie - Handlungsfeld Betrieb?de