Prinzessinnengarten – let it grow!

Wastelands to gardens
At the Moritzplatz in Berlin, a busy roundabout in the center of bustling Kreuzberg, well over a thousand supporters have helped the site to grow „from an ugly vacant lot to a paradise” (Die Zeit).. Without specific expertise, with little money and armed with the idea of communally used garden in the center of the city, inspired by a trip to Cuba, we began in summer 2009 to send down the first roots of a flourishing garden between cem… Show more

A future for the garden with participation from the community
The Prinzessinnengarten is a pilot project for new forms of urban gardening. Although it became a brand mark of Berlin our current contract of lease only runs for another year. What is a threat today could become an opportunity with your support. With ‘Let Grow!’ we set up a campaign that found support by almost 30,000 people within a few weeks’ time. We need to make use of this backing to enab… Show more

Sustain this garden, let new gardens flourish!
If we now act together for the conservation of Prinzessinnengarten we run a good chance that history takes a different course at this plot. That engagement, unlike many times passed, does not have to make place for the highest bidder. The Prinzessinnengarten is a widely visible expression of a new urban gardening movement. The pioneering project at Moritzplatz has inspired the establishment of many other garden… Show more

Support for a successful campaign and innovative forms of communal participation
Well-financed campaigns are something we know from the political world. In order to be also publicly visible and audible, a bottom up initiative like Prinzessinnengartens needs the material support from the crowd. With our campaign we have already changed the course of things, the original plan of a prompt sale of the plot to an investor. To do so we have among other things org… Show more

A garden of many and for all
Behind the ‘Let grow’-campaign, there is the team of Prinzessinnengarten and an approximate 30,000 people that have signed our petition for a conservation of this garden so far. The Prinzessinnengarten itself can exist through the engagement of hundreds of volunteers. By driving a social entrepreneurial type of garden, we achieve financial self-sustenance. Our income derives from our garden café, the build-up and maintenance o… Show more