1. Education Council
Mariñamansa Neibourhood
EDUCATIONAL ORCHARD
Urban orchards focused to education on rururban mid-term city
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Green zones with expensive maintenance on crisis and many unused
floors by construction bubble
“Urban orchards” was trend model of socio-environmental policy on 2010
This opportunity was based under a call of high external cofinancing
based on state programme
Education council of city had one final objective: Developing an “urban
orchards” with one specific character: Fostering education trough “urban
orchards” model.

3. “Mariñamansa” Working class projects
Investment: 347.000 €
2.262 m2,
13% of this neibourhood´s green zone.
Mapping:
5 spaces:18 orchards to citizens, 2 to people with
reduced mobility, 2 orchards strictly to education
activities, 1 enjoying zone to schools with orchard
and flower zone, and 1 common space with little
garden of flowers.
Results:
Nowadays, 2 years and a half:
UNICEF awards it last year as “Best practice on
local policies”
Urban orchards” are working full and user´s
application to get orchards has queued list now.

4. 2013-2014:
We are extending it with 20
orchards more.
All of them must be cultivated only
under ecological agriculture
principles.
Montealegre Forest:
Environment Council will plan
another space on the biggest
botanic park of the city