Rooftop gardens project - Media Coverage | Couverture médiatique

Dossier de presse 2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 15:38:03 -0500

Dossier de presse : des Jardins sur les toits 2009

Journaux / internet

1. The Gazette, , Urban gardening is looking up; Rooftop plots are just one way to 'green' city spaces, Monique Beaudin, 9 février 2009

Dossier de presse 2008

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:17:45 -0500

Dossier de presse : des Jardins sur les toits 2008

Notre site web : www.lesjardins.ca

Journeaux / internet :
1. Jobboom, Par Hélène Lefranc, Jardins sur les toits Babylone, PQ, 15 mars au 15 avril 2008

Dossier de presse 2007 / press coverage 2007

Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:33:35 -0500

Dossier de presse : des Jardins sur les toits 2007

Notre site web : www.rooftopgardens.ca

Journeaux / internet :

1. The Gazette, Susan Semenak. « The garden on the roof » Saturday, May 19, 2007. http://www.canada.com/topics/lifestyle/story.html?id=8f12b2ec-d5ca-422e-b637-0f48fba7cf20&k=40342

Article: Fruits (and vegetables) of their labour

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:29:53 -0400

Article by a Rooftop Garden volunteer, published in the McGill Reporter.

Thursday, September 27, 2007.

With all the green initiatives, tools and designs available to us, sustainable living is becoming a lot more accessible. The Rooftop Garden Project, a community initiative managed by Santropol Roulant and ALTERNATIVES, a non-profit, non-governmental organization, is a wonderful example of this. I volunteered recently at McGill's Edible Garden, our contribution to the Rooftop Garden Project, located beside Burnside Hall.

Interview by Amélie in La Presse, Montreal newspaper

Tue, 05 Jun 2007 16:49:22 -0400

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

Le dimanche 20 mai 2007

Le pouce vert en ville

Transformer un toit plat en toit vert

Mon, 04 Jun 2007 21:38:00 -0400

Cliquez ici pour avoir accès à l'article.

Press coverage 2006

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:30:11 -0500

Journeaux / internet :
1. Journal Metro, Robert Plante, « Les jardins suspendus de Montréal », le 16 mars 2006 (voir l'article)

Press coverage 2005

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 14:27:31 -0500

Press coverage : Rooftop garden project
Notre site : www.rooftopgardens.ca

Journaux + web

1. La Presse, « Le toit, potager de demain »Benoit-Lapointe, Christian, 30 juillet 2005
2. Quartier Libre, « Toit verts : jardiner au dessus de la mêlé », Richard Perron, 7 sept 2005, http://www.ql.umontreal.ca/anciens/13_01/toits.html

Rooftop Project TV Coverage on "Rebut Globale" in 2006

Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:16:44 -0500

Re-live summer by watching this short film about our project in 2006, that was made by the Québecois TV series Rébut Globale (or Global Waste)...
(click here)

Check it out - images of the Rooftop Garden Project in an online video!

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:56:47 -0500

We found this by chance on the world wide web. How exciting to see a short video about urban agriculture, and the Rooftop Garden Project has such a strong presence!

Check it out on YouTube:

Two New Awards for the Rooftop Garden Project

Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:00:01 -0400

The Rooftop Garden was the recipient of two recent prizes:

Le Prix Phénix de l'environnement

Prix de Design Urbain

Harvest festivities in bloom: Students reap benefits of rooftop garden

Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:14:48 -0400

In the McGill Tribune
September 25, 2007

During the summer, McGill's architecture department teamed up with Roof-Top Gardens to illustrate how urban agriculture can be a real possibility by growing an assortment of vegetables and fruits over the concrete steps of the Burnside building. Last Thursday, the architecture department and the local organization held a Harvest Festival in front of Burnside building.

Gardens Above Gridlock (article from Ascent magazine)

Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:25:26 -0400

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

Check out the article here

Sentez ET mangez vos fleurs! | Don't just smell your flowers, eat them!

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:34:19 -0400

Edible petals are finding their way onto the plates of home cooks who see them as part of an organic, local way to eat

We've been Blogged! On a été Bloggué!

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 16:45:01 -0400

Check son bloggue ici

Chers jardiniers, J'ai découvert votre projet dans une émission de TV en France (sur La 5, "Les citadins du futur"). Aussitôt, je me suis empressé de
chercher sur le web, plus d'informations à votre sujet.
Je vous félicite pour ce projet et tout ce qui s'imbrique autour.