NYTTEHAVEN

– Hügel-bedet

– Resourse-bedet

– Kultur-bedet

Hügel-bedet
Hügelbedet er et bed formet som en bakke og opbygget sådan at det – næsten – er selvforsynende med næring og vand. Bedet er bygget op af en blanding af fund, materialer og gaver, alt sammen fra Gellerup.
Sigrids Stues materialeliste til et selvforsynende og lokalt produceret bed:

– Kævler fra Gellerups højeste træ, som blev fældet i forbindelse med den nye infrastruktur i området
– Grene fra de nedlagte nyttehaver på Dortesvej
– Græs fra engen omkring Sigrids UdeStue
– Kompost fra Sigrids UdeStue
– Due møg fra Sigrids Stues altan på Jettesvej 9
– Brændenældegødning lavet af brændenælder plukket omkring Sigrids UdeStue
– Sort jord – gave fra verdenshaverne 2020

Bedet består af forskellige lag, blandt andet lag af kævler, grene, kompost og jord. Når kævlerne i bedet rådner, bliver det som en svamp; træet suger overskydende vand til sig og udleder vand, når det er tørt. På den måde, forsyner bedet sig selv med vand. Komposten og træet i bedet formulder med tiden og på den måde er bedet selvforsynende med næring.

Resursebedet:
består af rabarber, bærbuske og en enkelt æbletræ som enten er genplantede buske og træer fra de gamle nedlagte haver eller buske vi har fået byttet os til eller fået foræret af beboere i området Tanken med Resoursebedet er at alt i dette bed kan gå ind i en lille produktion af fx. saft, marmelade og kager som vi enten giver værk eller bruger i forbindelse med vore offentlige events. Det er buske og planter som ikke kræver meget pasning – er almindeligvis robuste og generøse.

Kultturbedet:
Her har vi indtil nu arbejdet med jordforbedring og sået det til med kløver og olieræddike. Det er også bedet hvor vi afprøver fx vanding via udgravede vandingskanaler, som vi netop finder erfaringer med fra andre havebrugere i området.

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NYTTEHAVEN is a three-dimensional extension of Sigrid’s UdeStue and is located directly opposite the public and heavily used footpath leading down to City Vest. This provides an opportunity for many enjoyable and enriching encounters and conversations about art, gardens, soil, demolition, and what you can use Swiss chard for in cooking, for example.

NYTTEHAVEN at UdeStuen consists of three interconnected beds:

– The Hügel bed

– The Resource bed

– The Culture bed

The Hügel bed

The Hügel bed is shaped like a hill and constructed in such a way that it is – almost – self-sufficient in terms of nutrients and water. The bed is built from a mixture of finds, materials, and gifts, all from Gellerup.
Sigrid’s Stue’s list of materials for a self-sufficient and locally produced bed:

– Logs from Gellerup’s tallest tree, which was felled in connection with the new infrastructure in the area
– Branches from the disused utility gardens on Dortesvej
– Grass from the meadow around Sigrid’s UdeStue
– Compost from Sigrid’s UdeStue
– Pigeon droppings from Sigrid’s Stue’s balcony at Jettesvej 9
– Nettle fertilizer made from nettles picked around Sigrid’s UdeStue
– Black soil – a gift from Verdenshaverne 2020

The resource bed:

consists of rhubarb, berry bushes, and a single apple tree, which are either replanted bushes and trees from the old abandoned gardens or bushes that we have exchanged or received as gifts from residents in the area. The idea behind the resource bed is that everything in this bed can be used in small-scale production of, for example, juice, marmalade, and cakes, which we either give away or use in connection with our public events. These are bushes and plants that do not require much care—they are generally robust and generous.

The Culture Bed:

Here, we have so far worked on soil improvement and sowed it with clover and oil radish. This is also the bed where we are testing, for example, irrigation via excavated irrigation channels, which we are learning about from other gardeners in the area.

NYTTEHAVEN – 2023, -24, -25

Utility gardens, urban spaces, sensory spaces
We focus our interest on the social, sensory, aesthetic, cultural, and sustainable values of local gardening in an urban area. Through drawings, models, and 1:1 scale models, we strive to develop ideas and practices around utility gardens in a changing Gellerup and in a broader urban perspective. This is done with respect for individual and local practices for gardening, the land, and in particular the people who for decades have cultivated and tended the small plots of land on Dortesvej, which are to be closed down at the end of the gardening season in 2023. We therefore want to recreate utility gardens based on both shared and individual experiences from the existing gardens, combined with new initiatives: e.g., shared recreational facilities, barbecue area, compost, shared herbs, shared berry bushes and grapevines—plants and space for small animals, bees, and people—engaging the senses.

Sigrids Stue works in two interconnected tracks:

• Establishment of a new and recreated utility garden located at Sigrid’s Udestue: THE UTILITY GARDEN – A redesigned and malleable utility garden in 1:1 scale – a three-dimensional spatial addition to UdeStuen – a piece of site-specific urban land art and an urban beautification of an undeveloped area – an open and inviting kitchen garden. NYTTEHAVEN also provides a framework for experiments in what can grow and thrive in an undeveloped space and how we can improve soil quality and biodiversity in an urban development area.

• Re-establishment of x number of utility gardens between existing blocks. In April 2024, eighteen gardens were re-established and put into use between the blocks on Jettesvej.

During 2023, 2024, and 2025, Sigrids Stue will also organize a series of public conversations, talks, and publications on: collaborative art, social and economic valuation, plants, seeds, soil, animals, place, identity, and empathetic, inclusive green development of urban spaces.