![]() ![]() In addition to man made climate change, a wide mixture of global trends affecting food self-sufficiency: historic patterns of capital and land ownership, trade tariffs, depletion of natural resources, increasing prosperity for some and poverty for others. Continuing irreversible environmental damage, "the do nothing scenario" and hoping for unproven planet scale technical fixes is not a plausible alternative. The consequences of inaction are no longer just science fiction. The scientific facts demonstrating human impact on the planet are clear and require urgent action. This is not because the Market Garden City is impossible to achieve, rather because local food production for local people has not been seen as a long term investment, has not been valued highly enough, or given incentives to compete with alternative global economies. The Market Garden City has existed before, where localised food production has enabled cities to prosper and survive for centuries before globalisation, yet its importance has been forgotten during the 20th century. Has this approach been considered before and why is it especially relevant today? "Where an individual could start one day with an area of just 1m2 to supply food and sustain themselves for the equivalent of 1 day, then, over time, learn to grow the idea collectively at local level to achieve sustainable food for themselves and others over 365 days a year". The spatial plan would ensure sufficient open space, building surfaces or interiors and distribution hubs are available fro growing food to meet demand locally, expanding from this group capability towards an entirely sustainable local population. Starting from an understanding of how an individual could effectively grow a percentage of their own food, the plan would then support and develop skills to up-scale to a larger self-sufficient community using, food-share hubs, knowledge-share, innovative food growing technologies and delivery. The plan describes how the measurement of space available to grow food can be correlated to a potential for calories and hence a daily supply of nutrition. The concept creates a plan from the small scale and specific to the universal, providing a role at the beginning for either individuals or small group. Local growers provided fresh food delivered daily to markets in towns or cities feeding the local urban population. Market Garden City is a planning concept put forward by landscape architects and urban designers to illustrate how this balance could be recreated as a new type of 21st Century garden city. The essay title stems from the practice of market gardening, a common and essential balance of rural and urban living until the mid 20th century. This has become the accepted status quo without understanding the loss of real 'market gardens' which could produce food locally, giving access to open space and sustaining the community". "Our Wolfson essay argued that both historic towns and new towns have evolved over time to become staunch guardians of their inherited and imperfect gardens and green belts. We’ve also have some guidance on saving your own seeds.Market Garden City is an emerging planning concept from the 2014 Wolfson Prize Essay by Gary Young & Hannah Smart. Of mulch to use to keep your garden’s soil cool and moist. Keep your garden thriving during these long, hot days with our advice on how to properly water your garden, and tips on the best types It’s alsoįinds and shares all other’s gardeners notes and photos about the same varieties you are growing. But go ahead, enter notes, and photos too. Planner keeps your Journal up to date, so you don’t have to. It’s a smart garden planner Journal that tracks, collects and shares. Reminders when it’s time to get in your garden. View To Dos at a glance and get weekly email ![]() Schedules all your gardens’ “To Dos,” from prepping to picking. We track all of your gardens’ tasks so you don’t have to. ![]() Plants, vegetable garden layout, and household size with complex planting variables, to help create a Smart Garden ![]() Get your garden plan so you can get out in the garden. With super simple ways to find plants suited to your growing conditions. With over 3000 organic, GMOįree, edible varieties to choose from (and buy from our partners), Smart Gardener offers you recommendations along We make it easy to find the right plants, so you can’t go wrong. We collect, calculate and create a smart personal profile of your garden just for you. Smart Gardener does all the hard work for you. There are a lot of variables that go into planning a garden. ![]()
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