Edible Estates: # 01-12

Edible Estate Regional Prototype Garden #12: Budapest, Hungary is a community project including a new garden in Pest and an associated exhibition and public programme at Blood Mountain’s headquarters in Buda.

Initiated in 2005 in Kansas, the geographic centre of America, Edible Estates work with selected urban families to create highly visible edible gardens between the private front door and the public street. In contrast to government-initiated allotment projects, Haeg’s gardens are situated on private property, cultivated by home-owners, and act as catalysts for future initiatives by the caretakers and the broader community. The artist-led project invites the arts community to engage with pressing contemporary urban and social issues.

The Budapest Edible Estate is located at Wekerle Estate: a former social housing and innovative garden programme of the early 20th century, which has since become a middle-class suburb of Budapest. The project aims to revive Wekerle’s original mission to support the health, social and economic well-being of its residents. The participanting family, was selected by an open call. The planting is scheduled for Saturday 02 and Sunday 03 June