The carefully selected perennial herbs, dye and medicinal plants, fruit trees, and shrubs form a mutually supportive micro-ecosystem. This favourable environment enriches the soil, boosts biodiversity, retains rainwater, and helps mitigate the local effects of climate change. All green waste from the garden is returned to the university’s composting system and later fed back into the soil as humus.
The garden also functions as a living laboratory for teaching and research. Its seven experimental plots can be planted with species that can be used in creative practice on account of their natural pigments, essential oils, fibre structures, or other properties. Applications to adopt a plot will open in October 2025. (See additional information soon)
The MOME Community Garden was created at the initiative of the Foundation for Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design as part of the MOME Zero sustainability programme, which aims to minimise the university’s ecological footprint and support its green transition.