THE IMPORTANCE OF ALLOTMENT GARDENS IN THE EUROPEAN GARDEN ART IN TERMS OF URBAN LANDSCAPE AND THE CONCEPT OF ALLOTMENT GARDENS IN TURKISH CITIES

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 1, 39 - 43, 18.07.2018

İşık Sezen

Abstract

Allotment
Gardens (AG) are the lands composed of several small land plots designed
together in the sizes of 200 m2 to 400 m2 in general and taken over by
individuals or families. The history of these gardens begins in the United
Kingdom. Today, function of AG is mainly to serve as not agricultural
production areas but recreational and social attraction sites in many European
countries especially in Germany, where best practice examples can be seen.

Turkish application
examples of AGs are given in the present study, which were present several ages
ago in many world countries to meet food needs of the poor and then used for
recreational aims while today, can increase urban green area rate and shelter organic
agricultural productions. As the result of the study, it was seen that Atatürk
Forest Farm, Yedikule Bostanları (gardens) taking place in the adjacent of the
preservation line involving İstanbul Kara Surları (Istanbul’s Territorial Wall)
listed among United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO)’s World Heritages, Boğazköy Kuzguncuk Bostanı and Diyarbakır City
Walls and Hevsel Gardens having entered in UNESCO’s World Heritage List have
the same function with AGs as urban agricultural lands for ages in Turkey.

Keywords

Allotment Gardens, European Gardens, Urban Landscape, Turkey

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