COLTIVANDO is a convivial garden garden in Bovisa campus of the Politecnico di Milano opened in 2012, which is based on the pleasure of staying and doing together, promoting interaction between the neighborhood and the community of the university (professors, staff, students).
COLTIVANDO promotes a sustainable lifestyle, providing a public green space where you can organize activities, growing knowledge, passions, friendships.
COLTIVANDO is managed by the Bovisa citizens in collaboration with the Politecnico di Milano. It shares vegetables and fruits among who is taking care and maintaining it.
Event:
Birthday party
Each October, on the anniversary of the birth of the project, in the garden of the Campus Bovisa of Politecnico di Milano, tocelebrate the birthday of Coltivandois a tradition. Celebration includes tour in the vegetable garden, convivial lunches in which we share dishes cooked with the products of Coltivando: collard greens pesto, quiche with radishes leaves, pumpkin pie, are some examples of the many recipes created based on the availability of vegetables in the garden. Other activities change annually and, in the past, included: treasure hunts, BovisaInCanta concert, the Swap of hand-me-down clothes, the origami corner, the preparation of Coltivando beer, creative recycling workshop and other activities for children.
The annual stock cube
Usually, in June and July, Coltivando team has a particular tradition: the stock cube. We dedicate some Saturdays during the summer to prepare preserves for the winter, using of course the vegetables of Coltivando: celery, carrots, onions, thyme, rosemary, sage, garlic, are some ingredients that are processed to the preparation of the stock cube jars. This tradition, for Coltivando, is also an opportunity to share some time together: we organize a convivial lunch and other activities such as the first sowing of winter, the preparation of salt flavored with spices and pesto.
COLTIVANDO innovatively breaks down the inherent regional boundaries of the city as a completely public shared space. The contribution of this community garden to sustainable lifestyles through the develop- ment of urban agriculture and its management model are very worthy of reference.
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