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Spain: Urban gardens, the “Swiss army knife” of sustainable cities

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The team from the Faculty of Education who are in charge of the garden, including Sandra Saura and Anna Ávila. In front of them you can see the spherical garden.

A change of culture is needed, that we need more green spaces in our cities and that now is the time to plant the first seed!

By Verónica Couto Antelo
Creaf
July 9, 2025

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Through the HORTS4U project , led by CREAF in collaboration with Barcelona Regional and Barcelona City Council, researchers Corina Basnou and Anna Àvila are in charge of measuring heavy metal pollution (lead, copper, arsenic and mercury, among others) in Barcelona’s vegetable gardens, the atmospheric pollution that reaches and is deposited on the plants in our vegetable gardens. Specifically, they have chosen six well-differentiated points in the city to measure it, such as the Trinitat junction —with a lot of traffic— and Can Pujades in Collserola —as a little-frequented area.

“The experiment was supposed to start in March and the lockdown had just arrived. In this situation, pollution dropped drastically throughout the city and we thought it was a good opportunity to sample the orchards at an exceptionally clean time. We are waiting for the analytical results, but it is clear that it will be a good point of reference,” explains Anna Ávila .

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Source: https://cityfarmer.info/spain-urban-gardens-the-swiss-army-knife-of-sustainable-cities/


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