Ydre Østerbro or outer Østerbro north of Jagtvej - so between Fælledparken and Kildevældsparken and the railway across the north side of the city - is a densely-built area with large apartment buildings but also with workshops and small factories and office buildings. Jagtvej runs east west across the north side of the Fælledparken and is around 3 kilometres north of the historic centre of the city.

Current work on Tåsinge Plads and Sankt Kjelds Plads are not the first projects to bring large areas of plants and greenery right into the centre of Østerbro.

If you look on Google Earth, you can see that most of the apartment buildings have large enclosed courtyards that are now gardens and many have play equipment for children but also if you look just north of Sankt Kjelds Plads - the large round-a-bout almost at the centre of the Ydre Østerbro - then immediately to the west of Fitness World, the long rectangle of green along the east side of Abeløgade looks like a large allotment though it is not alongside the pavement but is four floors up on the roof of a former garage. This is Østergro … a large garden run by a local association where members can grow vegetables and flowers.

There is a restaurant up here and an important part of the work of the association is to teach children and visitors about food production … too many city dwellers have little or no idea where their food comes from and what is involved in growing vegetables and herbs. There was never a suggestion that this could make the area self sufficient for food but it's a good start.

the rain is coming - Sankt Kjelds Plads
update - Sankt Kjelds Plads - climate change landscape
the rain is coming - Tåsinge Plads three years on

Østergro