The Councillor for the Environment, Mark David Grace, and the coordinator of this initiative, Juan Carlos Blanco, today presented the urban ecological garden, which is located in a municipal plot of 600 square meters near La Casa del Reloj
The Department of Environment of the City of San Pedro del Pinatar today introduced the "Urban Ecological Gardens," an initiative to promote a new form of entertainment, traditions and promote recovery Environment, explained the mayor in the industry today, Marcos David Grace.
The Councillor for the Environment has indicated that this project, which is included in the municipal program "Recovering traditions and biodiversity", whose main objective is to recover the agriculture within the urban layout of San Pedro del Pinatar, since this activity "has always been a mainstay in the lives of the people and is growing smaller. "
Also, Grace has said that these gardens, which will be available to the residents of San Pedro, upon request, will create a "new tap CO2, helping to reduce greenhouse gases."
Urban organic gardens located on a municipal plot of 600 square meters, located on Calle Pi Maragall, near Clock House.
This land is divided into several parcels that will have a minimum area of 10 square meters and a maximum take up 50 square meters for each user, which will self-management, ecological techniques, for a time, which is 3 months to a year .
The program coordinator, Juan Carlos Blanco, said that the City shall "techniques are used to one hundred percent organic."
To do so, guidance will give a lecture on organic farming, create a nursery that supplied the plants and seeds to users, install a drip irrigation system, and will provide adequate manures and fertilizers to farmers.
White stressed that this project will also get to use a vacant space, improving the aesthetics of the place, promote urban biodiversity, contributing to the conservation of indigenous vegetable varieties and promoting coexistence and exchange of experiences between generations.
Persons involved in this initiative will own vegetables obtained, they can use for own consumption, exchange with other producers or donate to NGOs.
In addition, contests are organized annually vegetables from growers.
These plots will be used mainly for growing vegetables, but also may be planted spices and other varieties, except for trees.
Interested parties may submit their applications and filling out a simple form in the Department of Environment or by email huertosmunicipalespinatar@hotmail.com.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar