Hi everyone
Here my
last posting on roof top gardens to help the research move forward. Let
us know if and when you are going to build one, so we can all
collectively learn
wes
http://www.cityfarmer.org/subrooftops.html#roofs
- Published by City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture
- Subject:
- Rooftops and Urban Agriculture
Rooftop
Refuge in the Asphalt Jungle
"The sunny roof and arches inspired me to grow a pot of
basil. Soon I would be eating my own pesto sauce. It seemed so innocent
at first, but once I got my hands into the dirt, I couldn't stop with
just one container. I had gotten the gardening bug."
Posted March 11, 2001
Roofwater
Fish Farm Ideal For Learning
"Scientist Vivienne Hallman on periurban acres at Figtree
Pocket, 10 kilometres from the Brisbane, CBD Australia, is proving that
urban fringe farmers can grow native fish successfully on natural foods.
Most of the water can come from a home rooftop. Much of the fish food can
be home-grown earthworms and insect larvae."
Posted February 12, 2000
An Urban Rooftop
Integrated Microfarm For
Mt.Gravatt's Commercial
Buildings (Australia)
"Key technologies, such as hydroponics, aquaculture,
aquaponics, vermiculture, and very small animal husbandry can now be
integrated safely and economically into modern urban rooftop microfarms
which can: A. Take food wastes from local restaurants and food shops.
B. Put them through a biogas digester to eliminate pathogens and
other harmful micro-organisms. C. Use advanced vermiculture to create
nutrients for fish and plants from the sterilised food wastes. D.
Grow fish, crustaceans, herbs, salad vegetables and selected small
animals (such as quails and meat rabbits) for sale to local restaurants
or food stores." Posted February 12,
2000
Green Roof
Infrastructure Monitor
"Research conducted by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
reveals that in Germany, 10% of all flat roofs have green roofs. This
represents over 55 million square metres of green roof infrastructure in
place since 1989. Almost 50 per cent of German cities (77 cities) have
programs in place that support the development and growth of a market for
green roof infrastructure." Past issues available in PDF format.
Updated December 11, 2000
Russian
Eco-Apartment Plan Includes Rooftop Food Garden and Basement Worm
Composting
"The brick 9-storied building, constructed in 1966, consists of 267
apartments with 540 residents, 60% of whom are pensioners. It produces
200 kilograms of food garbage daily in winter time and 300 kg in summer
time. The house has a flat roof of 1700 square meters, 25 m from the
ground and a cellar measuring 600 square meters."
Posted October 29, 1998
Rooftop Gardening in St. Petersburg,
Russia
"This year we also started a ground level garden in the Artificial
Limb Institute which rehabilitates invalids who lost legs or arms in the
War in Chechnia (mostly boys of age 18-25)."
Annex Organics' Rooftop Farming
Business
"Toronto's Annex Organics is growing 25 rare types of
tomatoes and 10 varieties of hot peppers, along with various tomatillos
and cape gooseberries. All of their produce is certified organic. "
Posted February 15, 1999
Green Roofs Cool City Rooftop
Gardens in Chicago to Fight Smog, Heat
"The city environment department plans to plant gardens atop
several city buildings this summer as part of a U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency program studying ways to help cool cities and reduce
smog." Updated April 23, 1999
Rooftop Gardens
Toronto's Rooftop Gardens Resource Group delves into roofing, structural
considerations and building codes.
Masters Thesis: The Potential
of Rooftop Gardening
Joseph St. Lawrence has written eloquently about his work creating a roof
garden on a warehouse in downtown Toronto. We have published 15,000 words
of his 22,000 word paper.
New York City Rooftop Beekeepers Defy Law
to Get That Sweet Central Park Bouquet
"The city's urban bee mavens inhabit their own entomological
universe... There are puns about the, well, plight of the bumblebee and
requests to 'lend me your comb'; and, yes, there are questions about
whether to bee or not to bee." Posted July 21,
1999
Plastic Wading Pools Make
Excellent Container Gardens
"Dr. Ebenezer set about to prove the feasibility of growing
vegetables in plastic wading pools. In 1997, gardeners harvested 984
pounds of vegetables from 38 pools in an area measuring 1,625 square
feet. The urban agriculture project of the ELCA demonstrates how fresh,
healthy vegetables can be grown inexpensively in containers virtually
anywhere -- at the edges of parking lots; along railroad tracks; on back
porches; on rooftops; in patios; in driveways; and in vacant lots between
buildings." Posted July 9, 1999
Two other useful container gardening sites:
Windowbox.Com
Suite101
Container Gardening
The
Tele-Garden
No garden space whatsover? Then garden through your computer screen!
"This tele-robotic installation allows WWW users to view and
interact with a remote garden filled with living plants. Members can
plant, water, and monitor the progress of seedlings via the tender
movements of an industrial robot arm."
Condo Farming
Victoria urban farmers work with developer to build "edible"
three-storey condominium.
Rooftops
Montreal
An Overview and History of Rooftop Gardening (Environmental Studies
Seminar 182-451) On the City of Montreal, Quebec
Posted August 6, 2000
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