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Garden Tips and Urban Gardening

With its many parks and gardens, Berlin is a green city. However, many Berliners don't just want to stroll in the park, but get their hands dirty themselves. Whether in their own garden, an allotment garden, or just on the balcony, at one of the many urban gardening projects, or even just by sponsoring a tree pit, Berliners demonstrate their love for gardening and their horticultural skills. In Berlin, there are also learning places where the necessary knowledge and many useful tips are conveyed, and where one can stock up on special plants. The Top10 editorial team has researched where and how you can indulge your green thumb to your heart's content. Have fun gardening.
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Königliche Gartenakademie

Garden designer Gabriella Pape is the founder and director of the Royal Garden Academy in Dahlem, which offers gardening courses.

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Bauerngärten im Volkspark Pankow

Visitors to the beautiful Botanical Garden in Volkspark Pankow might be surprised by the fenced-off area with vegetable beds, to which entire families flock.

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Foerster Stauden

For all who want to beautify their garden with hardy perennials and beautiful plants, Foerster Stauden in Potsdam is the institution.

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Späth'sche Baumschulen

An S-Bahn station in Berlin was even named after this traditional nursery: Baumschulenweg!

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Allmende Kontor auf der Tempelhofer Freiheit

Gardening where planes once flew - this is possible at Tempelhofer Freiheit, the site of the former Tempelhof airfield.

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himmelbeet

himmelbeet is a relatively new, non-profit urban gardening project in Wedding without profit-making.

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Patenschaften für Baumscheiben

Many Berliners with green thumbs take on the sponsorship of a tree pit, ensuring colorful flowers and cheerful hues in the cityscape.

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Kleingartenanlage Mühlenwiese / Finkenheerd

Twenty years ago, allotments were considered stuffy, but today many allotment gardens and allotment associations can barely keep up with demand and have to create waiting lists.

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