Prinzessinnengärten

"Moritzplatz, a once thriving community of shopping and commerce, hid in the shadows of the Berlin Wall. In 2009, the sun returned to this forgotten corner of the world. An enterprising group of ‘nomadic agriculturalists’ have freed up the 6,000 square feet of unused land, and turned it all into a 'Prinzessinnengärten'! (or “princess garden”).

The Prinzessinnengärten is a place where families, neighbours, experts of sorts and those curious can come together and build an organic vegetable garden. Everything is grown in up-cycled containers; re-purposed boxes, milk cartons and large sacks for rice, all of which makes for easy transport. When the weather turns cold, the whole garden moves down the block for the winter!

In the Prinzessinnengärten, community gathering is encouraged. On summer nights, large groups of locals meet for family-style dinners. There is also a small cafe (housed in an up-cycled shipping container!), serving organic beverages and an outdoor restaurant which features dishes made from fresh ingredients gathered in the garden and with tables and chairs scattered between green dappled sunbeams.

During the ‘hiver’, or wintertime, the crops are sold at the Markthalle (covered markets) and on Sommernächte, or summer nights when the air is warm, the menus are decided by what is in season..."

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