Award for green oases

The main prize went to Schrödingerstrasse 3. With a great deal of dedication and creativity, a specially designed oasis has been created around the apartment block, which not only invites people to linger and meet, but also provides food and a habitat for numerous insects and small animals all year round.

The other winners are:

• Sophienstraße 15b, where a small green oasis was created in a previously sealed inner courtyard,

• Johann-Friedrich-Straße 24 for the design of a green front garden and

• Friedenstraße 13d for a green carport.

On behalf of all the award winners, Mayor and Head of Urban Development Christian Gerlitz congratulated the winning family for their diversely designed courtyard at Lutherstraße 78 on 23.10.2023. With a great deal of effort, a normal courtyard has been transformed into a diverse green oasis that provides food, shelter and a habitat for insects and other numerous small animals and birds in the middle of a densely populated residential area.

Other award winners are:

• Spitzweidenweg 61-75, where tenants have created a large flowering strip and beds with useful plants on a green space between the blocks of flats, which previously had little to offer insects,

• Camsdorfer Straße 37 and

• Jenaer Antriebstechnik GmbH, which has left space for nature on its company premises at Buchaer Straße 1 and has been recognized for this.

Mayor Christian Gerlitz personally presented an award in the amount of 200 euros to the Jena Hospice on November 8, 2022. The hospice has created a green oasis in the middle of the densely populated residential area of Lobeda on an area where a multi-storey building used to stand, in keeping with the spirit of the award.

Other award winners are:

• Thymianweg 26 in the façade greening category,
• Herderstraße 4 for a lushly planted balcony,
• Bachstrasse 26a, where lush greenery and photovoltaics have been combined in an impressive way,
• Lilienweg 7,
• Camburger Straße 11 and
• Am Planetarium 31 for a variety of green front gardens and courtyards.

The main prize went to Kirchbergstraße 10, where the owners transformed the gray dreariness around their house into a green and blooming oasis with a green façade and lush front garden planting. The main prize was presented by Mayor Christian Gerlitz in person on 15.10.2021.

Two commendations were awarded:

• Westbahnhofstraße 16 for a balcony planted with species-rich plants with great attention to detail
• the long-term care of the flower beds at Eichplatz by volunteers

The first award ceremony for the "Green Oasis Prize" took place on October 12, 2020 in the Botanical Garden of Friedrich Schiller University Jena.

Eight winners were selected by the jury from the numerous applications. The main prize went to Mühlenstraße 8.

Six further prizes were awarded to the following buildings and gardens

• Am Heiligenberg 2
• Georg-Büchner-Straße 26
• Wöllnitzer Strasse 22
• Nietzschestraße 4
• Glockengasse 4
• Hauptstraße 19

The company impuls°Landschaftsarchitektur, which planned and implemented the transformation of a vacant lot into the "Pocketpark Sparkasse Jena" on the initiative of the Sparkasse, was recognized.