{"id":16333,"date":"2026-03-24T11:41:22","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T10:41:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/europaallee.ch\/stadtgarten-ohne-chemie\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:28:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T08:28:21","slug":"chemical-free-urban-gardening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/europaallee.ch\/en\/chemical-free-urban-gardening\/","title":{"rendered":"Chemical-Free Urban Gardening: Why Strengthening Plants Is Becoming Increasingly Important"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p><strong>Zurich\/Winterthur \u2013 Fewer and fewer plant protection products are permitted for use in private gardens. New legal regulations have led to many products disappearing from the market. At the same time, another approach is gaining importance: strengthening plants so that pests and diseases do not become a problem in the first place.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This is exactly the focus of VEG and the City, an urban gardening company with stores in Zurich and Winterthur as well as a large online shop.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cMany plant problems don\u2019t actually start with pests, but with stress,\u201d explains Gudrun Ongania, founder of VEG and the City. \u201cIf you optimize location, soil, and care, you often need significantly less plant protection.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>City gardens without chemicals \u2013 plant strengthening instead of plant protection: tips on living soils, resilient plants and sustainable urban gardening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":16295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stories-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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