Together, we keep the Parc des Tilleuls alive
A shared garden, a park festival, free concerts under the lime trees, a seed library: since 2009, local residents have been looking after their park. Everyone is welcome, whatever their age or language.
Drop in on Saturdays, 10 am – 12 pm, at the shared garden
- 2009residents save the park from a car park project
- 240members
- ≈ 30active volunteers
- 32plots in the shared garden
A park that grows, sings and shares
The shared garden
32 plots tended by members, plus a common patch open to everyone: come and sow, water, harvest… or just chat.
Common patch: Saturdays, 10 am – 12 pm
The seed library
Bring your seeds, leave with your neighbours'. A small step for the neighbourhood’s biodiversity.
At the bandstand, 1st Sunday of the month, 10 am – 12 pm
The park festival
Flea market, games, a shared meal and a dance: the big day of the year, from 10 am to 10 pm.
Every second Saturday of June
Music Thursdays
Free concerts under the lime trees, all summer long. Bring a blanket.
July and August, at 7:30 pm
Gardening workshops
With four local schools, children get their hands in the soil: sowing, planting, watching things grow.
With 4 local schools
Born to save the park, here to keep it alive
In 2009, a car park project threatened the Parc des Tilleuls. Residents got together to defend it. They won, and they stayed.
Today the association brings together families, schools, Erasmus students and newcomers from all over the world. The park belongs to everyone: we look after it together.
Coming up
Bulb planting
10 amAt the shared garden
Annual general meeting
3 pmAt the Tilleuls community centre
Charity Christmas market
2 pm – 6 pmAt the bandstand
A park is first of all its people
« Je suis arrivée dans le quartier sans connaître personne. Un an après, j’ai une parcelle et plein d’amis. »Translation: I moved to the neighbourhood without knowing anyone. A year later, I have a garden plot and lots of friends.
“The summer concerts under the trees are the best thing about living here.”Three ways to lend a hand
Become a member
€10 a year, €5 for students and jobseekers, €20 for a family.
How to joinVolunteer
In the garden, at the park festival or at the concerts: just write to us or drop by on a Saturday morning.
VolunteerMake a donation
Donations help our projects grow: the park festival, the free concerts, the shared garden.
Donate
Latest from the park
The community composter is in
It now stands next to the shared garden, ready for the whole neighbourhood. The instructions are posted right there: have a look before your first bucket.
Music Thursdays: 9 concerts, over 2,000 people
What a summer under the lime trees! A big thank you to the musicians and volunteers who made these evenings happen.
See you on Saturday?
Every Saturday from 10 am to 12 pm, we’re at the shared garden (at the bandstand if it rains). Come to join, offer a hand or just say hello.