A garden is developing along the old rail tracks in Södermalm, central Stockholm. Photo: Trädgård på spåret.
The urban gardening movement, which is flourishing in more and more parts of the world is getting stronger also in Stockholm. Recently a new food-growing project opened on top of the old rail tracks leading from the Hammarby harbour in central Stockholm.
Photo: Trädgård på spåret
The idea was born when Philipp Olsmeyer passed the old railway last autumn and thought it was a shame that such a central piece of land was left unused. Being from Berlin, he came to think of the community garden Prinzessinnengärten there, and realised this could be something similar. A place where people living in the area, without a garden of their own, can get some space to grow, learn more about food growing, or just buy what others have grown.
– There are a lot of environmentally aware people in the Södermalm district, who like a green concept. We have also noticed that there is a strong food-growing trend in Stockholm right now. So this space feels just right for a project like this, he says to the loval news paper Södermalmsnytt.
