Jakkur Lake Community Garden
Jakkur, Bangalore, Karnataka
(November, 2017 - 2020)
Size: 0.3 acres
Elevation(m): 917
Annual Rainfall(mm): 900
Climate: Topical Wet & Dry / Tropical Savanna
Function: Community Forest Garden
Key features: Forest Garden-Biomass Trees-Natural Building-Raised Beds-Earthworks
In 2017, Ananas started working with the Jakkur Lake community, namely the citizen’s group Jal Poshan, to bring permaculture to the urban commons. The commons here being the banks of Jakkur Lake.
The gardens are located near the fishermen's deck. The Earth, Water and Forest Gardens are designed for the community.
A community that includes fishermen, grazers, garden workers, wildlife, local lake users, the residents of Jakkur, school kids, corporate groups, and anyone who happens to join in with volunteering on that day.
The garden has been built primarily by volunteers using local materials, native trees and plants, aquatic plants and reeds for soil building, and the reuse of runoff water from the road. The gardens are designed to provide produce to the fisher people of the lake, as well as community members who frequent its shores.
