Living a sustainable lifestyle is becoming a lot easier with all the green initiatives, tools, designs and actions being taken locally here in downtown Montreal—the Rooftop Garden Project being a wonderful example of this. This project is a community initiative organized and managed by Santropol Roulant and ALTERNATIVES, a Montreal-based not-for-profit and an international non-governmental organization, respectively. I have recently started volunteering at the McGill downtown Edible Garden, located beside the Burnside building, and would like to share my first impressions of the aesthetically pleasing and functional addition to the campus as well as to offer some views about Urban Agriculture and Green Roofs.

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Submitted by rotem on Thu, 20/09/2007 - 11:25am.

As a renter of a third floor apartment in Little Italy with only a humble balcony, I decided to expand my territory by creating a garden at ground level. With the involvement of the first floor tenants, I installed five self-watering gardening containers connected in a network to a 200 liter barrel of water. The barrel is connected to a container with a floater like in a toilet to maintain the desired level of water in the rest of the garden containers. Five wooden planters help to complete the decoration. Lettuce, strawberries, nasturtium, tomatoes, basil, ground cherries, cucumbers and some annual flowers make up the garden. Some cannas will give the whole garden a tropical flourish and the herbs spice up the colorful mixture. The plants are for everyone and the first floor tenants take care of the watering. A true community has been created around the garden, much to the enjoyment of all passers-by.

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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 03/07/2007 - 2:55pm.

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.

Check out this great interview by Amélie! (in French)

Le dimanche 20 mai 2007

Le pouce vert en ville

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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 05/06/2007 - 4:49pm.

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.