Comments on: Urban agriculture in Korea and in English public open spaces and parks https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/ Gardenvisit.com Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:14:22 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2797 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:14:22 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2797 The timeline shows that the Cole Flower has been grown in China for much longer than in Europe. I do not remember seeing it Scotland until about 1980 and I do not think it has a place in popular culture.

]]> By: Tian Yuan https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2796 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 12:25:13 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2796 Tom, basing on the explain from Wikipedia, Brassica napus is our “cole flower”.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brassica_napus

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2795 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 11:26:54 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2795 Here are some more links to examples of urban agriculture and urban food gardening, mostly on roofs:
http://organicgarden.org.uk/archives/94
http://www.greenroofs.com/projects/pview.php?id=565
http://organicgarden.org.uk/archives/4289
http://www.cityfarmer.org/TrentRoof.html
http://organicgarden.org.uk/archives/5506
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3mLPy0ttqc

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2794 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 07:23:03 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2794 Yuan, the cole flower is beautiful. Do you know if it is the same plant we call Oil Seed Rape (Brassica napus). I think the word cole is equivalent to kale, though kale is generally used in English for a rather coarse cabbage which was a staple of the medieval diet. I like the idea of a Cole Flower Festival.
Christine, I agree about the gutter gardens – and it has given me an idea for making use of the idea. I like the rolling turf too but can’t see myself trying out the idea.

]]> By: Christine https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2793 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 04:51:34 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2793 I guess you could plant them out as food gardens…and they are very beautiful!

I also really like these rain gutter gardens.[ http://livinglime.ca/2009/04/28/raingutter-gardens/ ] However compared to the vertical garden in San Vincente Town Square in Spain they are just a tiny gesture. [ http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/08/04/beautiful-vertical-garden-in-san-vicente-town-square/ ] (Oh, and the vertical garden is towards beautiful…)

However, there is something also to be said artistically for the loss of turf!
[ http://farm1.static.flickr.com/64/202565433_36ac58d12c_o.jpg ]

]]> By: Tian Yuan https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2792 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:17:41 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2792 Sorry, the second link may not work.
Please see this :
http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/static.panoramio.com/photos/original/2419594.jpg

PS:The core flower can be made to oil,honey and also can be used for academic experiment.

]]> By: Tian Yuan https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2791 Fri, 19 Nov 2010 03:09:17 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2791 Chinese landscape project about “urban argricultue” I knew is “Shenyang Architectural University Campus” by Turenscape.
http://www.asla.org/awards/2005/05winners/090.html)

Although the project has a “stereotypical landscape pattern” but it is a good idea to have “productive landscape” in Campus of Chinese university.

Another example may be Huazhong Agriculture University,which is not a professional landscape design project, but a cole flowers experimental field. But I think it is a very good urban landscape of argriculture, which can provide “cheapest” beauty using energy plant for our city.

Here is the spring photo of it:
http://user.qzone.qq.com/397136607?ADUIN=306531624&ADSESSION=1290135325&ADTAG=CLIENT.QQ.3067_FriendTip.0&ptlang=2052

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2790 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:22:35 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2790 Thank you for the link. Would it be correct to describe them as Summer Houses (ie under the Danish law for summer houses) rather than allotments for food?

]]> By: Pol Ghekiere https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2789 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:33:41 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2789 Naerum Allotment garden by Carl Theodor Sorensen (1952) is a classic, but still a “space-full” example for City gardens.
http://www.vulgare.net/naerum-allotment-gardens-by-carl-theodor-sorensen-denmark-1952/

]]> By: Tom Turner https://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/urban-agriculture-in-korea-and-in-english-public-open-spaces-and-parks/#comment-2788 Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:34:16 +0000 http://www.gardenvisit.com/blog/?p=5676#comment-2788 Good for Chicago! – but even better if they could make it BEAUTIFUL too.

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