ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how allotment gardens are related to the concepts of social cohesion, social innovation and social capital with the major focus on trust as a key-concept. The concept of social cohesion is too broad to enable a critical discussion of how gardens can create cohesion and how cohesion is an important factor in the emergence of urban gardens. The urban gardeners in the network expressed a broad variety of goals, concerning both the facilitation of bridging and personal goals, such as possibilities for encountering like-minded people, socializing and improving personal gardening skills. During 2012, a municipal allotment garden was established in Alexandroupoli, Greece and during 2013, a municipal allotment garden was established in Thermi, Greece. Mitigating conflicts in the garden or the neighbourhood is crucial and one way to achieve this is by looking into the ties that bind groups together and the ties that can be used as bridges between groups.
