Unity Gardens
A living sanctuary to cultivate unity, peace, and harmony among us,
among all cultures, with nature, and with the Earth, our only home.
Original Unity Garden at Home for Humanity, Haut Valromey, France
The Unity Garden is a microcosm of the Earth, our only home.
It reminds us of our belonging to the diverse and interconnected family of life on Earth.
Every time we sow a seed or water a plant, we take care of our local ecosystem and of our entire planet.
The Unity Garden strengthens our bonds of kinship to all life, and awakens our responsibility to care:
for the Inner Home of our shared humanity, for the Local Homes of our communities and cultures,
and for the one Earth Home we all share.
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Jardin de l’Unité Original en France
Original Unity Garden in France
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Jardins de l’Unités dans le monde
Unity Gardens Worldwide
Purpose
Each Unity Garden fosters unity, peace and harmony between the diversity of peoples, cultures and ecologies on our shared home planet, Earth. Each Unity Garden is unique, grounded in its local culture and geography. Yet, all Unity Gardens are connected across all borders in common purpose: to amplify our shared intention to live in unity and peace with the diverse and indivisible family of life on our one home, Earth.
UNITY
PEACE
HARMONY
Contribution to Unity, Peace and Harmony
between People and Cultures, and with Nature:
Unity Gardens enable people of all ages and backgrounds to contribute, in a culturally appropriate way and according to their local realities, to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially: Zero Hunger (SDG 2), Good Health and Well-being (SDG 3),
Life on Land (SDG 15), Sustainable Cities and Communities (SDG 11), Quality Education (SDG 4), and Peace, Justice, and Strong Institutions (SDG 16). Unity Gardens support the rights of nature and humanity's right to a healthy environment
(UN General Assembly Declaration - 2022). This Unity Garden and all Unity Gardens emerging worldwide will contribute, with their pluriversal and multicultural experience, to the United Nations Decade of Culture for Sustainable Development (2027-2036).
Unity Gardens: Contributing Together to Integral Sustainable Development, and to Local and Planetary Regeneration:
In each Unity Garden, the diverse countries on Earth are represented (not by exotic or imported trees, but) by a variety of local, endemic and locally appropriate trees and plants, which offer a range of aesthetic, nutritional, medicinal, soil-regeneration and eco-system restoration benefits.
Unity Gardens contribute to several SDGs, including: zero hunger (SDG 2), health and wellbeing (SDG 3), life on land (SDG 15), sustainable cities and communities (SDG 11); quality education (SDG 4); Peace
and Justice (SDG 16). Furthermore, they complement and transcend individual SDGs with an integral, cultural approach.
Inclusive, Regenerative Future Building:
All Unity Gardens are part of the Earth Campus of the for regenerative Future Building.
Unity Gardens are thus an interconnected, participatory planetary initiative to engage all people of all backgrounds, cultures and ages everywhere on Earth to rediscover our own humanity through the appreciation of the unique values of diverse cultures, and to experience harmony with nature, peace with all cultures, and unity with the family of life on Earth.
UNITY GARDENS WORLDWIDE
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Unity Gardens are planted by schoolchildren and Homes for Humanity communities in each country during the stages of the “One Home Journey.”
Local communities sow seeds, plants, and local, endemic, traditional, and medicinal trees to protect their biodiversity, restore local ecosystems,
promote food sovereignty and security, and improve local well-being. The trees represent the diversity of the Earth’s countries and cultures; thus, Unity Gardens
cultivate living together, cultural harmony, and planetary regeneration. The goal is to see one or more Unity Gardens flourish in every country in the world –
rooted locally, connected globally, and dedicated to unity and peace.
co-initiated by communities across the world on the
As the One Home Journey 2024-2030 unfolds, Unity Gardens will spread around the Earth and be featured here.
UNITY GARDENS AFRICA
BENIN
GRABE-Benin, Avrankou
TOGO
GHANA
KOPEME, Eco-Village Millenaire, Vogan
Youth Advocates for Environmental Development with Graceham Academy, Accra
PANKO Youth Forum, Tamale
COTE D'IVOIRE
Atiéké d’Or & Aime Ton Prochain Community, Divo
ZIMBABWE
Catholic University of Zimbabwe, Harare
Integral Kumusha, Mukoto Village, Buhera North
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Great Zimbabwe University, Masvingo
SOUTH AFRICA
NdawoEntle Community Farm (“A Beautiful place that gives birth to love”) at Makers Valley in Johannesburg
LESOTHO
HOLO Heal Our Earth Organisation, Matsieng
TANZANIA
Rubagumya (“The one with Strength”) Community Hub,
Bukoba, Lake Ukerewe (Lake Victoria)
The community hub is part of the Shaabn Robert's Swahili
Eco-Cultural & Heritage Centre for the Culture of Peace Building & Promotion
UGANDA
Dr. Gertrude Mongella,
Former Chair of the UN Women’s Conference in Beijing
and first President of Pan-African Parliament
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New Talent for the Best Future Orphanage and School at Nakivale Refugee Settlement, Nakivale
KENYA
Wangari Maathai Memorial Park at Mathare Social Justice Center, Mathare, Nairobi
UNITY GARDENS ASIA-OCEANIA
PHILIPPINES
Kauswagan Elementary School, Kauswagan
SRI LANKA
Sarvodaya Institute for Higher Learning, Bandaragama
INDIA
CESCI Center for Experiencing Socio-Cultural lnteraction and Ekta Parishad, Madurai
CORO INDIA, Mumbai
NEPAL
Om Abode, Khandpe, Karjat
LigligKot Heritage Farmhouse, Ligligkot
Lumbini Buddhist University, Lumbini
RRN Rural Reconstruction Nepal, Kathmandu
AOTEAROA / NEW ZEALAND
Maniram Gayane Memorial Unity Garden
JAPAN
Nuhaka Kura School, Mahia Peninsula
Fuji Sanctuary, with “Goi Peace Foundation” and “May Peace Prevail on Earth International”, Mount Fuji
UNITY GARDENS AMERICAS
CHILE
Museo Rio Seco, Punta Arenas
BOLIVIA
Kawsay Mother Earth School (Escuela de la Madre Tierra)
of the Red Pachakuti Abya Yala, Cochabamba
PERU
MEXICO
Museo Inkariy, Sacred Valley, Cusco
USA
Huerto Roma Verde, Mexico City
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Bellview Grange Community Garden, Ashland, Oregon
BRAZIL
Sinal do Vale, San Antonio (Rio de Janeiro)
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Terra Mirim, near Salvador de Bahia
UNITY GARDENS ARAB WORLD
LEBANON
Ahla Fawda, Beirut
SYRIA
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Truth Guardians, Damascus
PALESTINE
MOROCCO
SHAREK Youth Forum, Ramallah
Marrakesh Organics, Ourika Valley
Terre d’Eveil, Marrakesh
EGYPT
Olive Tree
for SEKEM's
Unity Garden
Sekem, Egypt
Collective Inauguration of the First UNITY GARDEN on the One Home Journey on 22 April 2024, International Mother Earth Day
UNITY GARDENS EUROPE
PORTUGAL
African Peace Village, Burgau
Original UNITY GARDEN
at Home for Humanity's Integral Home Campus in France
Welcome to the original Unity Garden, created by Home for Humanity in Haut Valromey, Aîn, FRANCE,
and classified as an eco-cultural HERITAGE SITE of the BUGEY-SUD Community of communes.
It was created in 2020 by the co-founders of Home for Humanity to cultivate and celebrate the unity
and diversity of our countries, cultures, and ecosystems. Endemic trees were planted here by international partners
and local residents to represent their countries of origin and honor the unique cultural richness
they bring to our planet.
Trees are also planted to represent the countries progressively covered by the “One Home Journey 2024-2030,”
a collective expedition around the world led by Home for Humanity.
This journey highlights exemplary local initiatives - “Homes for Humanity” – in each country, and connects Earth citizens beyond borders to co-create a peaceful and regenerative future for all life on our planet.
This Unity Garden is its evolving reflection.
It is the first in France, of over 30 worldwide. Crafted on this site by him, his wife, the artist Marika Pogačnik,
and five other international artists from the Lifenet network, this artwork is their gift to humanity and to our region.
Each cosmogram engraved on the stones is unique, designed by its artist to deepen humanity's connection to nature
and to the diverse family of life on Our One Home: the Earth, "Gaia."
Discover the GAIA CULTURE ART INSTALLATION
by the renowned UNESCO Artist for Peace, Marko Pogačnik (Slovenia).
Peace Pole in Original garden gifted by our partner May Peace Prevail on Earth
& planted on 15 June 2024 at a local- global event by our close partner Dr Rajagopal, founder of Ekta Parishad, India’s largest social justice movement of landless peasants and Indigenous peoples. He is known as the living Mahatma Gandhi of India.
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Since 2020, numerous multicultural events have been held in the Original Unity Garden, bringing together the local community of Bugey, Home for Humanity's planetary partners, visitors from neighbouring countries, and the international community.
11 September 2021: Initial Dedication
and Public inauguration of Gaia culture
5 June 2022: Opening of Unity Garden
and Gaia Culture Installation
2nd to 4th November 2022: Numerous sessions of University courses taught at Home for Humanity have also been held here.
6 July 2023: It is also a site enjoyed by the local community for special events, such as the cultural festival of the Montessori School of Bugey Sud
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SPECIAL UNITY GARDEN PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE
“We are sending you our wishes for the One Home Journey” - 10 March 2026,
One year after the Unity Garden was planted in Fuji Sanctuary, Japan.
Write to us and find out more about Unity Gardens
and how you can get engaged in this planetary initiative!
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and make a Gift. Thank you!
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