More and more cities have seen gardens in recent years. The urban orchard project Krispilak of the Chantrea district of Malaga was launched in July 2018 with the aim of creating this meeting point, which is often a meeting point for the neighbours. “In 2017 the town hall gave us the plot in the Germans neighborhood and last year we put the last terraces on the eve of San Fermín. Since then we have been working and working,” explained Irantzu Santamaria, from the garden. They had been working for years in the TX Bizi association around this project.
Recovering your place
The members of the Krispilak group have once again brought to life an estate where canine shit had become a place. In fact, Santamaría has pointed out that there were gardens long ago in the same area: “The implementation of the project has been a way of recovering space. All the land next to the river was then gardens,” he says. Now, the Aranzadi Park is next to you, the area is orchard. Krispilak's name has been stolen from the lettuce type in the area.
The orchard of the Krispilak district has an area of approximately 1,300 square meters: eight large banks, five small banks, compost… The space is designed for many people to work at once. In addition to the plot, the City Hall provides horticulturists with materials for the elaboration of terraces, kitchen utensils, water and plants.
Auzolan as a base
Every Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 the members of the garden and neighbors meet to perform the necessary work. “We have a calendar to see when the plantations are made, and among those that we appear we distribute the works in the moment,” says Santamaría. The main richness of the Krispilak project is auzolan, and it is one of the pillars upon which the project is based. The garden of the neighborhood is a space for the exchange of children, young and old, not only for work, but also for dialogue and socialization. “The orchard, as a meeting point for the neighbors, gives life to the neighborhood, but not only that: it is very nice to see the plants grow slowly. The children put the seeds in and come to see how the plants go every Saturday, with enthusiasm,” says Krispilak.
