The goal of our research is to develop knowledge-based interventions to promote plant and pollinator diversity in urban community gardens, implement them in practice, and test their impact.
We work with 30 community gardens in Berlin and Munich, Germany that differ in urban context and garden management. Our aim is to investigate whether and how garden context, features and gardening practices can promote pollinator diversity, with a special focus on wild bee diversity, and support pollination efficiency. Our research is divided into three different areas: