Edible Park Activities
Take a closer look at the Edible Park’s activities and the actors involved!
Park activities
The park is an open, community garden where everyone is welcome to hang out and enjoy the urban garden environment.
Edible park is a youth space and garden maintained by Helsinki’s Youth Services. During the summer season, the park offers camp and summer activities for young people, as well as a summer café run by 4H.
Summer 2025 activities at Syötävä park
In the summer of 2025, the park will serve as a venue for youth organizations’ day camps. More information about the camps can be found on the organizations’ own websites: Kerhot ja leirit – Pääkaupunkiseudun 4H-yhdistys / Helsingin 4H-yhdistys, Leirit | Lastenliitto
Additionally, the park will host a summer café run by young 4H entrepreneurs in June and July. Helsinki Youth Services will not provide their own activities in the park during the summer of 2025.
Chicken Gang activities
The park’s chickens are cared for by a group of volunteers who are private individuals. The chickens are tended to every day: they are fed and supplied with fresh water, and their faeces are cleaned. The chickens also spend time outdoors in the yard, so it is important to keep your dog on a leash in the area.
Voluntary farming
The farming in the park is mainly managed by volunteer farmers who are also private individuals. They collaborate with Youth Services and Slow Food Helsinki.
During the growing season, the volunteer farmers organise voluntary work parties. You can find more information on the cultivation group’s website: https://sphelsinki.wordpress.com
The crops are harvested and shared by the volunteers. The park’s crops, berries or herbs may not be harvested independently.
Summer café
The summer café is operated by the local 4H association’s summer entrepreneurship programme, in which the City of Helsinki is involved to support young people’s summer entrepreneurship. Young entrepreneurs are responsible for their operations in accordance with the values of the Edible Park.
Youth Services have been awarded the EcoCompass certificate.