At the beginning of July 2016, the second phase of the set up of the Rakova jelša city park was concluded, which includes a park, community gardens and a public orchard.

The Rakova jelša city park project started in 2014. Its main aim is to connect the city with the Ljubljana Marshes landscape park on the north-south axis towards the Ljubljanica River and to clean up the brownfield area there, make it greener and with some urban equipment turn it into a usable surface for recreational purposes. In the process over 450 tons of construction waste and over 23 tons of asbestos waste were removed.
The area of the park which was set up in the first phase is intended for free-time activities, socialising and watching birds and nature. The new public surfaces connected the existing pedestrian, cycling and water paths of the regional suburbs into a circle and thus made a contribution to the active implementation of sustainable mobility in the city and its surroundings.
The newly set up part of the park is located west of the part from the first phase and is dedicated first and foremost to self-sufficiency. Namely, the option of urban self-sufficient agriculture, that is, gardening in the immediate vicinity of the city centre is the added value of this area.
There are 320 gardens in the park encompassed by a low fence and willow hedges. In addition to the gardens, the necessary infrastructure had to be set up and linked to the existing one. The sheds in the park are designed as joint roofs and the urban equipment (benches, fences) is the same as already used in the first phase of the park set up.
The whole area spans over 75,000 m2 and the value the investment was approximately 820,000 euro with VAT.