Bustan Brody, One of Sixteen Community Gardens in Jerusalem

Linked by Michael Levenston

Video in Hebrew shows the community garden’s beginnings in 2005.

Bustan Brody today by Michael Green in
Green Prophet - Forecasts on Israel’s Environment April 17, 2008

“The centre-piece for the Bustan, which translates to ‘orchard’ in both Hebrew and Arabic, are its many fruit trees, which Zavidov says are the ‘backbone’ of the garden’s ecosystem. Priority is given to native species including pomegranate, fig, almond and arava (willow) which, along with the sights and smells of the vegetable patch and herb bushes, owe much of their fertility to the steaming heaps of compost in the far corner, which turn kitchen waste and garden clippings into soil (with the help of bacteria, heat and a few worms).

Link to “How Does Your (Community) Garden Grow?”

Getting Back to the Soil: Composting in Jerusalem’s Community Gardens by Michael Green.

Link to list of Jerusalem community gardens in Hebrew.

Urban Open Spaces in Israel includes history of Bustan Brody Garden.

Community Gardening and Greening in Jerusalem by MARION FISCHEL, IJ Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST Jan. 23, 2005