10 Locations
Urban gardening flourishes in Berlin, a green minded city where vegetables grow on rooftops, wasteland and balconies. From community plots to guerrilla gardens, urban gardening here brings people and nature together. This overview gathers Berlin locations for growing in the city.
Community gardens like the Prinzessinnengarten at Moritzplatz turn former wasteland into productive green space, while allotments, rooftop farms and balcony projects add more. Workshops teach growing and composting, and garden cafes and shops support the movement. It is a hands on way to green the city and meet the neighbours.
Browse the venues below to find urban gardening across Berlin, from community plots to rooftop farms.
In Dahlem, not far from the Botanical Garden, the Königliche Gartenakademie (Royal Garden Academy) is much more than just a plant shop: Here, historic greenhouses meet an English garden school where hobby gardeners and professionals alike can develop their plant knowledge and design sense.
More than just vegetables grow in the Botanical People's Park Blankenfelde-Pankow: The farm gardens in Volkspark Pankow combine community gardening with ecological learning on a historic garden site from 1909. Those who lease a plot here get sustainable cultivation, fresh harvest, and a piece of green deceleration in Berlin's northeast.
The Pampa beach bar at Holzmarkt 25 in Friedrichshain is probably Berlin's most relaxed answer to a beach vacation: right on the Spree, freely accessible, and with the uncomplicated charm of a place that has brought creativity, community, and cool Holzmarkt beer together for years.
On the former Prinzessinnengarten site at Moritzplatz in Kreuzberg, a non-commercial, self-organized neighborhood and inclusion garden has been created. Those who garden here do so according to the principles of permaculture - collaboratively, democratically, and open to all.
Where planes once took off, vegetables now grow: The Allmende Kontor on Tempelhofer Freiheit in Neukölln is Berlin's best-known community garden, an intercultural meeting place, and a green learning space all at once. Spread over 5,000 square meters, it shows how urban gardening truly works in a major city.
Berlin's first intercultural community garden has been located in Köpenick since 2003, directly on the Wuhle hiking trail in Dammvorstadt. On approximately 4,000 square meters, people from over 20 nations garden together, grow vegetables and fruits, and demonstrate that community gardens in Berlin can do more than just produce greenery.
High above the rooftops of Neukölln, on the parking deck of the Neukölln Arcaden, thrives the KlunkerGarten: probably Berlin's highest urban gardening project, run by volunteers, organically cultivated, and with panoramic views over the entire city.
In Wedding, near Humboldthain, more than just vegetables grow on 1,400 square meters: himmelbeet is Berlin's most renowned intercultural community garden, where neighbors sow, harvest, and celebrate together. Old varieties, fresh ideas, and a garden café with stone oven pizza make this place the heart of the neighborhood.
Those in Berlin without a garden who still want to garden can find an opportunity right on their doorstep: the tree pit. Berliners in districts like Mitte, Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, or Treptow-Köpenick are transforming the small strips of earth around street trees into blooming miniature gardens - making a tangible contribution to more greenery in the neighborhood.
Mörchenpark is an established urban gardening project in Berlin and part of the Holzmarkt project in Berlin-Friedrichshain.