![]() ![]() The balance is not correct, the loss is too heavy."įatima, a middle-aged woman dressed in a yellow cardigan, lives in the aging social housing block next door. "They're going to allow four families to have a roof, but they're going to destroy a green space for more than 400 families and that's something that we can't accept. It's really destroying me," Clarys explains. "I've heard from mothers that children are crying now. Not long after he began clearing the site, some of the local children came to help out - by planting vegetables and decorating the gray walls, eventually adopting the garden as their very own. He says the vacant lot was neglected for more than 30 years, and had mostly been used to dump trash. Léonard Clarys, who lives across the street, started the garden in March. The city has proposed planter boxes as an alternative Image: Martin Kuebler A social housing project will be built here, and the city says the impromptu garden has to go. The group has gathered here to defend their community garden and the five large trees it encompasses - some of the last trees in the neighborhood. Flashing lights cast an orange glow over the numerous protest signs along the fence, some drawn by children, and a flickering white candle dedicated to St. Two police officers stand nearby as contractors unload more fencing from an idling truck. The streets are mostly empty, except for a group of about 25 men and women occupying a small garden surrounded by steel construction fences. It's just before 7am in the Brussels inner-city neighborhood of The Marolles. ![]()
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