Tuesday, June 21: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm

The Rooftop Garden Project team cordially invites you to our Second Annual Garden Party! Please join us to officially kick-off the rooftop gardening season and celebrate the summer Solstice. This year we are opening the garden in style, so don your best whites and wide brimmed hats and enjoy great conversation, a beautiful view and Santropol Roulant's gourmet finger sandwiches, natural ice teas, and other light mid-summer's delights.

Santropol Roulant and Alternatives invite you to meet and greet our members, volunteers, partners and supporters, and to come see the new and wonderful creations in this year's rooftop garden. We have invited a few people from the project team and our generous supporters to share their reflections. After the presentations everyone can explore the garden, take a tour of the systems we have developed, enjoy the photo exhibition, and even take a turn with the croquet mallet.

The Rooftop Garden Project is a innovative partnership between Alternatives and Santropol Roulant that seeks to make widespread rooftop gardening a reality in Montreal and around the world. Our novel soil-less gardening methods empower local residents to green their neighbourhoods and take part in a healthy and enjoyable activity by liberating previously un-used urban spaces (such as rooftops). Bringing people together in our demonstration gardens, we introduce new hands-on solutions that highlight the links between food production and food security, nutrition, and environmental health within our communities.

The Garden Party will be held in our demonstration garden, located atop the roof of the University of Quebec building in the heart of the Plateau Mont-Royal (in case of rain, we will be inside at the same address). Here Santropol Roulant and Alternatives volunteers work together to test out new gardening ideas - while feeding Santropol Roulant’s meals on wheels service with delicious fresh produce in the summer.

We sincerely hope you are able to join us. For more information, or to confirm your presence, please contact Jane Rabinowicz (514) 286 5115 or visit our website www.rooftopgardens.ca. See you there!