CULTIVAR - A GARDEN SHARING SERVICE

Collection
Design Strategy (MBA) | Design Division

Course
Spring 2017Sustainability StudioMichael SammetDSMBA-604-02
Final project
Student(s)
Frank Gallivan, Daniel Olartesalamanca, Sam Irons, Femi Emiola
Description
Cultivar is the "AirBNB of gardens" - a garden sharing service served through an online platform (website and app)

Cultivar is the "AirBNB of gardens" - a garden sharing service served through an online platform (website and app) 
CULTIVAR builds more healthy, transparent and engaged communities by connecting people with little access to space and as a result little ability to garden, apartment dwellers, to those with access, home and land owners.CULTIVAR aims to dissolve the binary world of public and private space in an effort to build more socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable communities for everyone. 

  What CULTIVAR Does:
- Connects people who are looking for space to garden with those who have excess and/or underutilized space that they would enjoy seeing being made use of. 
- This encourages community connection through increased opportunities for interaction with neighbors.
- Reduces isolation and the associated negative health implications
- Increases the amount of land being used to grow food and other plants in urban areas
-  Creates an urban collective of grower / farmers
-  Increases food autonomy while decreasing food miles
- Creates opportunities for contact with nature and natural cycles in an
environment that often pushes people out of the natural rhythms of life.
-  Creates more pockets for pollinators and other crucial life to thrive.
- Provides access to knowledge and resources through a digital marketplace

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