Stadtverband Leipzig der Kleingärtner e.V. (SLK)

Stadtverband Leipzig der Kleingärtner e.V. (SLK) is the umbrella association for allotment garden clubs in Leipzig (Saxony). It comprises 207 allotment garden associations with around 32,000 plots on an area of about 960 hectares, roughly 30 percent of the city's public green space. The SLK is organized within the Landesverband Sachsen der Kleingärtner e.V. (LSK) and the Bundesverband Deutscher Gartenfreunde e.V. (BDG). The association's seat is the association owned "Haus der Kleingärtner" at Zschocherschen Straße 62 in the Plagwitz district. The SLK also runs the only bird protection training site located within a German allotment garden site, hosts the German Allotment Garden Museum within the "Dr. Schreber" association grounds, and has published the monthly magazine "Leipziger Gartenfreund" since 1993.