Social Lens No. 17: Community Garden

This is the continuation of the Social Lens series. I hope you enjoy it

Why 'Social Lens'?

It is called Social, because I am interested in everything related to humanity, how people live and act, what we do consciously and unconsciously, how we effect the world around us and treat one another.

Lens in this context refers to -- wait for it -- the lens of the camera I will be using to take the pictures of what I am seeing (that at least is pretty obvious...), but it also refers to my viewpoint - everything I watch and see is observed through my eyes. There isn't really a way around that of course, and as long as one is aware of that it shouldn't be much of a problem. After all, life is experienced individually and every point of view can add to the greater whole.

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There is a community garden in the city of Berlin that deserves some more attention. It is located on the Tempelhofer Feld and was set up some years ago. It is open for everybody and since the years that people have been growing plants there it has really evolved (I was there at the beginning as well). Although the place isn't necessarily huge it is definitely not small either and when one visits there one is greeted with a creative spirit and open hearts.

In the next posts I will share my impressions of this place and show how the people have made use of land and created something really organic. I hope you will enjoy it :)

For starters here are some neat artistic slash useful ideas that people came up with!

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Is it okay to take pictures of people?

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Note: If the picture(s) in this post depicts yourself or someone you know and you want it removed, please let me know and I will remove it.