Here, we break concrete. We cultivate narrow riverbank land. We place women at the center. Not because we are idealists — but because the future starts here.
From concrete to garden
Since 2019, a riverbank that chose to live
The land along the Code River in Ledok Tukangan was grey. Concrete, rubble, unused. In 2019, a group of residents — led by local women — decided to change that, literally breaking up the surface and bringing in soil to start a community garden.
What grew wasn't just vegetables. It was a living proof: that even the most constrained urban space — a narrow riverbank in Ledok Tukangan, Danurejan — can become a source of food, learning, arts, and community.
Why this matters now
Food security isn't a farmer's problem. It's everyone's — and women know this first.
Since 2019, the women of Ledok Tukangan have turned grey concrete into living proof — that food, community, and climate action all start in the same place: here.
Ashoka. Ford Foundation. 12 universities. 11 countries. The story is written by women with soil under their nails.
Growing your own food is a political act.
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Community Stories
01Arts Community
Murals, ecoprint, and upcycled installations. Art that grows from the garden.
In November 2022, artists from Switzerland, Thailand, Australia, the Philippines, and Malaysia joined the community for an eco pounding workshop — natural plant pigments pressed into fabric at Malioboro, Yogyakarta. In 2023, a climate crisis mural was painted on the walls of Kampung Ledok Tukangan in collaboration with UNSW Sydney and the Kirby Institute.
2019
Year the garden was born
7+
Years of active community
12+
Partner universities (national & international)
11
Countries of collaboration
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Kebun Kali Code is not just a place to grow plants. It is a space to learn, to tell stories, to be yourself — and a space for anyone who wants to make something meaningful.
Anang Nasichudin, S.E.
Ketua Pelaksana, Kebun Kali Code
This story isn't finished.
And you can be part of the next chapter. No special skills needed — just the desire to show up and contribute.
How We Show Up
Sharing the Harvest
Vegetables grown here don't stay here. Every harvest cycle, fresh produce goes to nearby orphanages and neighbors who need it most — food as a quiet, steady act of solidarity.
Food from the garden, given with open hands.
Jumat Berkah
Every Friday without fail, the community gathers around a shared table. No agenda. No hierarchy. Just food, neighbors, and the kind of connection that keeps a community whole.
Every Friday, the same table. Different faces.
Funding Our Future
Fundraising here isn't a charity ask — it's neighbors investing in a space they all call theirs. Every contribution stays in the community, for the community.
A community that funds its own future.
Kerja Bakti
Regular communal work days where everyone shows up — students, elders, volunteers, neighbors. Hands that build the garden together are hands that hold the community together.
Hands that build are hands that hold.