A group of staff from the departments of Geography, Geology, Biology and the Service Informatique Universitaire (SIU) therefore decided to create a collective garden comprising a vegetable garden cultivated according to organic gardening principles, a compost of organic waste and a rainwater cistern.
.The facilities housing UNamur's Geography and Geology departments include an outdoor enclosure consisting of a lawn and a terrace, separated by a low wall in ruins. The terrace features a fire escape and a former sandpit, converted into a semi-abandoned garden. Such a space could provide a green and biodiverse setting in the heart of the university, as well as a space for meetings and exchanges.
This approach responds to the need to develop new sustainable and resilient food systems. It makes up for the weak presence of urban agriculture within the City of Namur and the university campus, as well as the lack of biodiversity. In addition, a significant amount of organic waste was not recycled, which represents a certain economic cost when it could be recovered and never leave its place of production.
Many UNamur staff members are interested in organic gardening and are already sensitive to sustainable food issues, having organized themselves to make group purchases of organic products marketed in short circuits. Others, most of them trained agronomists, are specialists and practitioners of sustainable agriculture, which is a guarantee of the project's success.
Finally, the ASBL aromatisez-vous sewed and supplied the geotextile bags, as well as valuable planting advice and seeds.
