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Following the awards this morning, the Murcia have 145 land for the cultivation of vegetables in self-consumption.
Antonio Navarro highlights the advantages of this program, which allows us to 'combine the social benefits with the environmental and patrimonial benefits of the conservation and maintenance of our orchard'.
The leisure orchards program managed by the Department of Urbanism, Environment and Huerta has as a fundamental task to promote the use of municipal spaces to continue promoting and bringing the garden closer to the citizens.
From today, 37 people have joined the cultivation of plots with the draw that has taken place this morning in the City.
Of these, 24 correspond to new orchards and the remaining 13 were left free by not renewing their holders the option to continue cultivating in them.
In total, 46 applications were submitted, including those of three non-profit associations, with social integration projects.
The new parcels that are part of the program are located in Señorío de Sangonera (Sangonera La Verde) -12 plots with 884 m2 of surface- and Enrique Tierno Galván Avenue, El Puntal -12 plots with 1,208 m2-.
These are added to the existing 121, distributed in 9 different zones:
LOCATION
YEAR
PLOTS
TOTAL SURFACE M2
Garden of the Lake (Ronda Sur)
2007
10
2.562
Señorío de Sangonera (Sangonera La Verde)
2008
6
1,267
Santiago The Mayor
2009
Referring to Fig.
953
Garden of the Orchards, El Castellar (Churra)
2012
fifteen
946
Parcela Municipal in San Pío X
2013
2
200
Garden Fadesa II, Avda. Reyes Católicos (Guadalupe)
2014
13
1.030
Plot in C / Monteliso with C / Seque (Santo Ángel)
2014
eleven
861
Plot in Avda. Del Palmar with Ronda Sur (Aljucer)
2014 and 2016
44
4.150
Plot in C / Escuelas and Carril Meseguera (Beniaján)
2016
eleven
784
TOTAL
121
12,753
Last December, the regular call for the leisure orchards was published, where users of the 121 existing plots had the option of renewing for another two years.
The winners of 108 lands did so, while 13 left them free for the draw held today for the new orchards, for those who have preference for retired, pre-retired or unemployed people residing in the neighborhood or hamlet where the orchard is located.
Non-profit citizen entities with social insertion projects may also opt for a plot.
The orchards are intended for the cultivation of vegetables in a self-consumption, non-profit, combining social, educational, environmental and patrimonial benefits, since they promote the conservation of local varieties in danger of extinction, the maintenance of an agroecosystem of Interest such as the old orchard of Murcia and the educational, training and dissemination.
One of the main advantages of this program, explains the Councilor for Urban Planning, Environment and Huerta, Antonio Navarro, lies precisely in the possibility of 'combining the social benefits of this type of orchards with the environmental and heritage that represents the conservation of varieties Local in danger of extinction and the maintenance of the orchard ".
The leisure orchards network is reserved for the cultivation of vegetables in a self-consumption regime, with traditional and ecological production systems, exempt from the manipulation of dangerous plant protection products and as a guarantee of respect for health and the environment.
The cultivation option is free, but the use of traditional varieties of the orchard of Murcia is prioritized.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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