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Submitted by ismael on Sun, 20/12/2009 - 9:44pm.
The season has started !
The McGill garden is up and running. Please note the changes to our volunteer schedule. Join us on Tuesdays 10:30-1:30pm (bring your lunch!), Wednesdays 4-7pm, and Saturdays 10:30-1:30pm (bring the kids!).
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Submitted by ismael on Tue, 12/05/2009 - 11:30pm.
A new garden at UQAM
A new garden was created by students in Environmental Sciences at UQAM. Activities organised at this entirely self-managed garden will allow students to explore urban gardening and social involvement. The garden's produce will go to the red roof church for distribution to the homeless.
Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories | Community Involvement | Gardening Techniques and Dissemination
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Submitted by ismael on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 2:58pm.
New garden in Johannesburg, South Africa
A new garden project is born in Johannesburg, thanks to the initiative of our intern Sara Brunelle. Click here to see photos
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Submitted by rotem on Mon, 18/02/2008 - 4:28pm.
Thank you to everyone for a wonderful 2007 season!
Now that the gardens have been put to sleep for the season, we have some time to step back and take stock of everything that we achieved this year.
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 06/11/2007 - 5:32pm.
Balconies in Bloom Contest Winners Announced!
After a very intense and close voting process during the Harvest Festival, we are proud to announce the first and second place winners of the Balconies in Bloom Contest!
Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories | Gardening Techniques and Dissemination
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 25/09/2007 - 5:06pm.
Harvest Festival 2007 - what a great party!
Thank you to everyone who came out to our 2007 Harvest Festival! We had such a great time cooking with the harvest, eating corn, listening to music and even voting for our favorite blooming balconies!
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 25/09/2007 - 4:52pm.
Article written by a Rooftop Garden volunteer and McGill student
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.
The street-side garden
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.
Posted to: Nos histoires / Our stories | Health and Quality of Life Improvement
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Submitted by rotem on Tue, 03/07/2007 - 2:55pm.
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.
