Grow food in the Wiehre forest garden in Freiburg

Grow food in the Wiehre forest garden in Freiburg

The Waldgarten Wiehre is a public edible forest garden from the urban gardening group of Transition Town Freiburg, listed on urbane-gaerten.de. Fruit and nut trees, berry hedges, herbs, and annual veg share all layers of the planting. Guests are invited to sniff, feel, and nibble.

What you can do in Freiburg

• Read the garden card and the StadtWandler profile
• Join as a gardener if you want to tend the layers
• Walk the Deichelweiher paths and taste what is marked as public food

How to join

About 1,800 m², founded 2012. The group follows permaculture: watch natural cycles, then copy them. The planting still changes as trees grow. Contact the project through the StadtWandler page.

Why it matters in Freiburg

Freiburg Wiehre can snack from a public forest garden instead of treating urban green as decoration only. Find more community projects in Freiburg.

Good to know

• How big is the garden? About 1,800 m², founded in 2012.
• May guests taste food? Yes. Guests are invited to sniff, feel, and nibble what is marked as public food.

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Shared here so you can get inspired or find action already happening near you. Solarpunker does not own or organise it.
Source: urbane-gaerten.de: Waldgarten Wiehre · StadtWandler: Waldgarten Wiehre. Organiser: Transition Town Freiburg urban gardening group.
Photo: Wikimedia Commons, File:Hochbeete+Beete.JPG (CC BY 3.0, Sunflower123).
Details checked: 2026-09-19.