Nature Based Solutions - Implementation Models Database
Pioneer
Case
Bird Friendly Schoool garden in an Elementary School, Szeged
A short description of the NBS project
The school is surrounded by roads bearing heavy traffic, with significant amount of air pollution and noise. The quality of soil is of extremely poor quality, and the vegetation of the garden is poor in species. The goal is to help enrich the 1 and ensure an adequate habitat for birds.
The objectives of the intervention are to develop habitats with a three-metre wide shrub and herbaceous plant line along the fence (divers species collection), to improve soil with compost and reaping the lawn in tracks during summer period. Mediterranen herb garden will be planted.
NBS Implementation context
Location
Hungary, Szeged
Latitude
46.267774
Longitude
20135331.0
Status
Ongoing
Dates
2014.0
Description of the NBS
NBS Scale
neighbourhood
NBS Impacts scale
city
Urban density/ Soil consumption
medium
Combined with other(s) environmental friendly solution(s)?
Project manager (leader and main partners): entities names, and know-how involved
Leader: Ágnes Kissné Gera
Main partners: teachers of the Arany János Elementary School, students of the school and their parents.
Who (else) was involved in the project ? (Inhabitants, local association, etc.)
The initiative came from a teacher of an elementary school, who wanted to make a schoolgarden. Her plan was to create this garden in such a way so that it would serve as a habitat for the birds, ensure production and educational purposes too. The students have the opportunity to get closer to nature and to get acquainted some agro practices in urban environment.
More detail on the process and the role of the different stakeholders (How did it happen?)
The schools, the municipality of Szeged, as an owner of the school and the parents were involved in the project.
One of the classes (they were in the 6th year in 2014) in the school and their teacher were the creators and distributors of the project. But each class is connected to the programme, and the parents were helping to the classes in the practical work, such as pruning.
OPTIONAL Considering the actual impacts, who are the primary beneficiaries of the project.
students , teachers and families in the school
Cluster
Governance Model
Description
cluster4_societal_resilience
Selfgovernance_grassroots_initiatives
It is a typical coopertion model, which originated from one determind person and her followers. The implementation needed a lot energy and the mobilizing of the stakeholders.
Financing
Global Estimated cost of the project
> 20 000€
Cluster
cluster3_citizen_inclusion
FM
Volunteering
Description of the financing mechanism
Initially she delivered of the project and mobilized only self-financing resouces, but now they looking for other resources, for example some enviroment-related tenders.
Business Model
Class
Type
Description
Technological
Substitute with renewables and natural processes
The business model is rather amateur, and it's based on self-management. School gardens are usually sucessfull because of their low-cost character.
Social
Adopt a stewardship role
Organizational
Develop scale-up solutions
Temporal Factor
Expected time for the NBS to be fully effective after its implementation
short (immediately to few months)
Expected life time of the intervention
around 10 years
Already feedbacks on the project? In case, the project has already been adapted to new requisites, please explain the modifications brought
Every year every new class is connected to the project.
Success and limiting factors
Process Enablers
Class
Subclass
Type
Description
Knowledge_drivers
Awareness
NBS_ambassadors
Co-working is the main success factor.
Governance_drivers
cocreation_and_participation
co-production
Economy_drivers
Self_financing_and_self_management
Process Inhibitors
Class
Subclass
Type
Description
Knowledge_barriers
Accessibility_to_information
Information_overload
This project is depending on the teacher's own resources and energy. The teachers are quite overloaded in Hungary with many administrative and educational obligation, so there is a risk, if the project is strongly depending on one person.
Governance_barriers
Participation_and_awareness
Lack_of_participation
Economy_barriers
Perception_of_the_benefits
Vandalism
What makes this project a pioneer?
Field
Design_or_techniques_employed
Criteria
Brief description of the innovativeness
The school garden initiation was re-introduced in Hungarian Schools after a long time of falling into oblivion. School gardens had a strong tradition in Hungary, thus, there is an existing knowledge one can rely on. The innovativeness lies in the dual purpose of enhancing the quality of 1 and ensures the education of natural sciences in real life.
Has the project received a prize, an award?
Has the project received a media coverage? (in reviews, in press, etc.)
There are some videos available in a local media.
IM Keywords
school
school garden
References
„Let It Grow! – Engedd élni! Gyermek- és madárbarát iskolakert az Arany János Iskolában (Zöld oázis a panelrégióban), Hungary