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| Leisure Gardens are currently present in 14 areas of the municipality and most of them are in districts | The Department of Sustainable Development and Huerta, headed by the mayor Antonio Navarro, has awarded the plots of the Leisure Gardens available throughout the municipality.

In total there are 168 Murcians who can already cultivate on these lands designed for self-consumption.In addition, six spaces have been reserved for the Environmental Volunteering Program, the San Pío X school, the Association of Relatives and People with Mental Illness and the Young Future Neighborhood Association.The Leisure Gardens are spaces set up by the Murcia City Council and managed by the Environment Service for the cultivation of vegetables on a non-profit basis, combining social, educational, environmental and patrimonial benefits, such as conservation of local varieties.

in danger of extinction, maintenance of an agroecosystem of great interest, such as the Huerta Antigua de Murcia, educational, training and outreach use.Caring for the traditions of the Huerta de MurciaThe main objective of this initiative is that Murcians can have a garden space where they can enjoy growing their own organic vegetables, carry out an outdoor activity, involve the family in garden tasks, maintain traditions, energize the environment and increase biodiversity.The activity is offered through a public announcement to residents of Murcia, giving preference to those who are retired, early retired or unemployed.

Citizen non-profit entities can also apply for several plots to carry out social insertion projects.The orchards are awarded by public lottery for a period of 2 years, with an option for renewal.

In addition, they can be the object of visits from different groups that request it in order to publicize the activities carried out in them and instill values ??about traditional and ecological agriculture.

 The Orchards are present in 11 districtsCurrently the municipality of Murcia has about 18,000 square meters of Leisure Gardens, divided into 14 different areas: Jardín del Lago (Ronda Sur); Señorío de Sangonera (Sangonera La Verde), Santiago El Mayor; Carril Torre Falcó (Urb.

Joven Futura) Espinardo; Tirocosa Garden (Espinardo); Garden of the Orchards, El Castellar (Churra); Saint Pius X; Fadesa II Garden, Avda.

Reyes Católicos (Guadalupe); Plot in C / Monteliso with C / Seque (Santo Ángel); Avda.

Del Palmar with Ronda Sur (Aljucer); C / Escuelas and Carril Meseguera (Beniaján); avda.

Enrique Tierno Galván (El Puntal) and Montevida de El Palmar urbanization.Of the 170 plots currently occupied, 127 are managed by men, 37 by women and 6 by associations and other entities.The City Council works continuously in the expansion of this network of orchards and, based on demand, appropriate public spaces are located where to make the necessary investments for its implementation, such as leveling the land, the contribution of organic matter, the connection of water, fencing, distribution of plots, drip irrigation network, and placement of tool sheds.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia