Share of gardens by statistical sector outside the cores - 2016

The increasing private use of the open space for private gardens is called the gardening of the open space. This is strongest where the open space fragments are located near habitation in residential areas or ribbon buildings, and where the open space fragments are enclosed by habitation (B. Tempels et al., 2012). The map shows the densities for gardens in Flanders and confirms that the concentration of gardens in the open space is greatest in expansion zones around cores. (original calculations based on the garden map of the Institute for Nature and Forest Research - Nature Report 2016)