JAPANESE PERSPECTIVES OF ALLOTMENT AND COMMUNITY GARDENING

In Japan allotment and community gardening have been paid striking attention to during the last two decades.
For example, the number of allotment sites has increased and allotment gardens were given a legal basis.
After World War II the primary objective of allotment gardens was to obtain food.
This changed to recreation and to improvement of urban environments later on.
Also allotment gardens were expected to serve as places which would enhance the chances for mutual communication between urban people and those in rural areas.
This paper will give an overview of the historical development, the present status, and people’s expectations of allotment gardens in Japan.

XXV International Horticultural Congress, Part 13: New and Specialized Crops and Products, Botanic Gardens and Human-Horticulture Relationship

E. Matsuo

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.523.19