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Solstice Party was a great success!

June 21, 2007

Despite the grey skies, we celebrated the solstice and inaugurated the Edible Campus garden! It was truly fun....thanks to everyone who helped and hope to see you at the next party!

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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 22/06/2007 - 5:28pm.



Rooftop Gardens Paper Wins Prize!

"Cultivating Connections: The Urban Agriculture Movement" won the 2007 Undergraduate Paper Prize from the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society!

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Submitted by mthom on Fri, 08/06/2007 - 1:17pm.



60 students plant their seedlings in the garden!

June 5, 2007

Yep, you read correctly! 60 students and their teachers from the FACE school came to the McGill garden to plant their seedlings that we helped them start in their classrooms in April. We had fun despite the springtime rain!

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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 07/06/2007 - 5:07pm.







The Roulant garden moves to McGill University's downtown campus!

Thanks to the participation of about 30 brave urban gardeners, the Roulant garden moved roofs to find a new home in the downtown campus of McGill University. In partnership with McGill's school of architecture, the Rooftop Garden Project is exploring new ways to make paved urban spaces more productive. Hope to see you there!

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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 23/05/2007 - 10:47am.



Gardens Above Gridlock (article from Ascent magazine)

Writer Anne Read, seeks to plant a rooftop garden, and finds a community growing all around her.

Check out the article here

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Submitted by rotem on Fri, 27/04/2007 - 3:25pm.



Gardening for our urban environment on Earth Day 2007!


Thanks to everyone who made this Earth Day such a success for the Rooftop Garden Project!

By preparing for the gardening season, we are getting ready to green our urban environment and create pleasing community spaces in the city.

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Submitted by rotem on Wed, 25/04/2007 - 2:34pm.



Recipe to make a stairway garden

Are you a citizen with no land and no roof, but only a fire escape stairwell to take advantage of the sun? Read this recipe to transform your stairwell into a garden!

Posted to: Gardening Techniques and Dissemination | Rooftop Gardening Resources | Ressources pour le jardinage
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Submitted by rotem on Sat, 31/03/2007 - 11:38am.



Seedling time !


Gardeners,

It is time to start thinking about the gardening season and start the first seedlings.

Posted to: Gardening Techniques and Dissemination | Rooftop Gardening Resources | Ressources pour le jardinage
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Submitted by ismael on Tue, 06/03/2007 - 5:17pm.



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