Pocket Parks Sprouting up in Athens under New Program

Sitting under a birch on a bench made by recycled wood with photovoltaics illuminating the small park after sunset makes everyday life in quarantine a little easier these days for the residents of a neighborhood in Pagrati, central Athens.

Release time : 2021-03-01 19:02:39

source : Xinhua

spaces that you can create as parks. They are highly dense, so there are not enough spaces that you change in this way. So, the only possible way is to create many small ones," she added.

At about 750 square meters with over 1,100 plants and trees, the Pagrati pocket park is the largest created so far. All materials used are environmentally friendly. There are sustainable draining systems to water the trees as well as water sources for visitors, birds and animals.

"Sustainability is in the core of the design of these places. We plan to have more in the next few months, maybe another 10 or so in different neighborhoods (in a year)," Zilakou said.

In addition to the pocket parks, under the "Adopt your City" program, the municipality of Athens collaborates with individuals, organizations and businesses as part of their corporate social responsibility in an anti-graffiti program to clean surfaces of public buildings around the city, and maintain playgrounds, pedestrian sidewalks and public squares.

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