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Expand public or private space with these digitally fabricated parklets to promote growing food in your community

With this project, you'll reimagine a simple 20-feet-by-8-feet parking spot or similar space as a green space to grow food. Choosing from our designs, you can turn the concrete space into a community place for people to grow food, sit in nature and promote bio-diversity. The foundation of the design will be from the digital fabrication library Wikiblock, but you'll bring the colour and unique s...

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With this project, you'll reimagine a simple 20-feet-by-8-feet parking spot or similar space as a green space to grow food. Choosing from...

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You'll get guides and resources on how to bring this idea to life.

There is no funding available for this idea in Nederland, but these resources will still help to make your project happen!

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The idea is that city streets and sidewalks should be more of a destination - instead of the plastic protectors on the side of bike lanes, volunteers constructed wooden planters. We've shown them the art of the possible.

Edible Parklet
Brad Anderson
State Director
Des Moines

How to start a project on ChangeX

  • 1

    Create your project page

    Click the green start button to register and set up your project page. It’s quick, free and easy.

  • 2

    Complete a 30 Day Challenge

    Complete simple steps in 30 days to get your project off the ground.

  • 3

    Activate your project

    Follow the 5 Step Guide and your action plan to bring the project to life.

  • 4

    Share impact

    Share impact by posting a summary and photos and completing a survey.

Great for

  • People interested in food growing
  • Those who want to rethink parking spaces
  • People who want to create social spaces
  • People who want to promote biodiversity
  • People who want to create the unexpected

Join the communities already benefitting from starting a Edible Parklet

You'll get guides and resources on how to bring this idea to life.

There is no funding available for this idea in Nederland, but these resources will still help to make your project happen!

Not in Nederland? Change your region
Start a Edible ...

Members

Krista Nightengale

Edible Parklet project essentials

5 Step Guide

  • Identify a Location
  • Figure out Permitting Requirements
  • Choose A Parklet Design
  • Fabricate
  • Install/Maintain

Time

Suggested: Planning, fabricating and installing the parklet itself can be done within a week once you have the necessary permissions. Weekly maintenance of the urban food garden you're creating will require a couple of hours for watering, weeding, harvesting etc.

Resources

More information on how to get started and any resources shared by the Edible Parklet

Meet the Social Innovator

Hello! We're so excited you're thinking about creating an edible parklet in your city. We love parklets, because not only do they challenge us to rethink a space normally reserved to store cars, but they also allow for more space for pedestrians and their passions which in this case is growing food and highlighting the importance of local food systems and green spaces. We look forward to designing with you!

Krista Nightengale, Executive Director of the Better Block

Members

Krista Nightengale

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why a 30 day challenge?

    The 30 Day Challenge was developed by our Team based on our experience working with communities. We’ve learned that the first weeks are critical to build momentum and get off to a good start with any community project. Teams who complete these steps within the first month are much more likely to successfully complete their project!

    The Challenge is a series of simple steps that each applicant has to complete to get their project off the ground and unlock funding, if there is funding currently available for that idea in your region. Steps include watching a video and/or reading content, having a call with a ChangeX team member, forming a team so that you have support, having your first team meeting, sharing a team photo, and sharing a project action plan.

  • What can funding be used for?

    Once funding is received it can be used to cover direct set-up costs of the new community project. For example space rental, insurance fees, seeds and planting materials, tools, training fees; pretty much any materials you might need for a project that benefits your community.

    Funds cannot be used for the costs of work that has already been carried out, costs unrelated to the setup and maintenance of the new project, payments to group members for their work on the project. Funds can’t be used for the promotion of religious causes, non-charitable activities, sponsorship or fundraising events. Please read the terms and conditions for further details.

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    A note on the waitlist: when all the funding has been allocated to applicants, new applicants will go on a waitlist. If some applicants that are in the fund don’t successfully complete the 30 Day Challenge their funding will be released and can be then allocated to those on the waitlist. To see if you are going on a waitlist check the main fund page, ideas fully allocated will have the note “Join the waitlist” instead of “Apply to start”.

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