Berlin Garden Day

Berlin's Allotment Garden Culture as a City Festival

With around 71,000 allotment gardens, Berlin is one of Germany's greenest major cities. The Berlin Gardeners' Association represents this community and hosts a central summer festival once a year: Berlin Garden Day. It aligns with the nationwide Garden Day, celebrated since 1984 on the second Sunday in June – in Berlin, the date is moved to a Saturday to involve as many city visitors as possible.

2026 Edition – June 6 in Britz

On Saturday, June 6, 2026, starting at 11:00 AM, Garden Day will take place at the KGA Britz on Buckower Damm – in the Britz district, Neukölln borough. The allotment garden complex is located between the Britzer Mühle and the Britzer Garten and is one of the largest and oldest allotment garden areas in the city.

Program Structure

• Information booths from Berlin allotment garden associations, district associations, environmental organizations, and educational institutions
• Stage program with live music and moderation
• Hands-on activities for children and families: planting, crafting, games
• Culinary delights from the clubhouses: coffee and cake, grilled food, drinks
• Tours of the grounds, tips for nature-friendly gardening
• Encounters between allotment gardeners, politicians, associations, and the city community

Context: Allotment Garden City Berlin

Berlin's allotment garden complexes provide valuable green corridors, infiltration areas, and biodiversity islands within the city. They are also social spaces: around 250,000 Berliners are directly or indirectly connected to an allotment garden. Garden Day makes this often invisible contribution visible and invites the entire city to take a look.

Britz in the Neukölln Borough

Britz in the Neukölln borough is considered one of Berlin's greenest districts – with the Britzer Garten, Schloss Britz, and the historic Hufeisensiedlung (Horseshoe Estate), a UNESCO World Heritage site. The KGA Britz fits into this picture and, with its several hundred plots, is a small village on the outskirts of the city.