🌱 Urban Artist Gardens

‘Think Globally, Act Locally’ — Jane Goodall 

Urban Artist Gardens Contribution Form 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11I0qpmyY-JT1Kv57SPHBI2AF8qvLXSIaLkN4B9wWexc/edit 

At Montag Residency, we are developing an ongoing research process around the idea of the “Comm-Unity Garden” — a space where ecology, artistic practice, and collective learning come together.

This research has grown through encounters across different contexts — from Tulla Urban Farming in Tirana to Islington Mill in Manchester, as well as through local observations and community-based practices in Turkey.

Through these experiences, we began to see gardens not only as sites of cultivation, but as spaces of connection, resistance, and shared knowledge.

This open call emerges from an ongoing dialogue with Helen McGhie.

We are expanding her question to a wider community:

‘Have you come across any city-based “urban artist gardens” outside the UK?’

We are especially interested in:
• Gardens that are at risk due to redevelopment
• Artist-led or community-driven initiatives
• How photography and visual practices can connect people within these spaces

At Montag Residency, we approach photography not only as documentation, but as a participatory and relational tool — a way to engage communities, build dialogue, and make visible processes of transformation.

By contributing, you become part of a growing network and shared research process. Selected contributions may be included in:

• an online gathering (with Helen McGhie & Antony Hall,  Elmas Deniz)
• future publications or mapping projects
• collaborative exchanges with Montag Residency

🌱 We invite artists, researchers, collectives, gardeners, and local initiatives to share their knowledge, experiences, and references.

Let’s map, connect, and grow together 🌍💫