The scientific debate on the problems related to the changed environmental conditions of the city and the adaptation needs dictated by climate change pushes to rethink the urban spaces in a renewed way in the attempt to combine the changed needs of life organization with those related to quality (from food accessibility to wellbeing in its various forms). The productive green is inserted in this context of reflection as an opportunity to increase the resilience of our cities and, in particular, can represent an interesting tool for preserving the peculiarities and traditions of a given territorial context. Starting from these premises, the authors, in fact, propose a series of considerations on the role that the productive green can take in transferring the "tradition" in an environment that has undergone and continues to undergo many transformations (from anthropogenic pressure to climate changes). Particular attention will be paid to the aspect of "connection", an important parameter that makes it possible to analyze and design the productive green systems more effectively, with a view to a systemic vision of the urban context. This study, based on research activities and didactic exercises, is also accompanied by an appropriately structured case study that highlights the particular potentials of the proposed technological strategies.