Everyday Creativity – Community Gardens at Tempelhof Airport in Winter

A recent winter walk at the former airfieldof Tempelhof Airport in Berlin also took me to the Allmede-Kontorplot where community gardens are located between the former runways. At thesnow-covered airfield urban garding obviously has come to a halt. But thecreatively and tenderly assembled nests of the community gardeners wait to be re-cultivated in spring, which is hopefully soon to come.

Meanwhile I’d like to share these pictures asexamples of everyday creativity. These spaces ofvernacular creativity are examples that emphasise the role for non-economicand non-productive values and practices in shaping processes of urbancreativity. They foster a rethinking of the ‘Creative Class’, aterminology that usually does not encompass these kinds of spaces who arecreated by local residents of any classes. 

all images by SYNCHRONICITY