This spring The Rooftop Garden Project team held a series of workshops where over fifty people learned how to make their own soil-less growers.

During the workshops, we explained the principles behind our growing techniques and helped the participants construct their own kit. They are now growing at home in their soil-less growers and giving us feedback, updates and suggestions to help improve our designs!

Click here for pictures of the beautiful start-up kit gardens.

Over the summer we are following up with the participants, and their feedback will help us refine our techniques. We hope to distribute over 500 more kits next year!

Please contact us if you are interested in having your own kit, or hosting a workshop in the spring of 2006.

Follow this link for recent updates and follow up information about the Start-Up Kit Pilot Project.

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Submitted by mthom on Wed, 24/05/2006 - 5:21pm.

Where? The Rooftop Garden, 4750 Henri-Julien
When? This Thursday, July 21 at 6:00pm

Hi everyone!

We are happy to invite you to the mid-season check-in and workshop for the start-up kit community!

Come to the rooftop garden this Thursday to share your start-up kit experience with others who have their very own 'Rubbermaid garden� and see how our kits are growing on the roof! You’ll also have the opportunity to be inspired by different adaptations we’ve made to the basic grower principles …we’ve got a vertical garden using tin cans, multiple bins feeding off of a central reservoir (the ‘lazy urban farmer’ approach), experiments with different substrates and nutrient solutions and much more!

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Submitted by alexjhill on Tue, 19/07/2005 - 9:12am.

This initiative is a pilot project to test our proto-type start-up kits. We are looking for participants who are willing to try the new designs for themselves and stay in touch with us over the summer to make feedback concerning their Kit and manual. This will help us to refine the designs and provide a model that is simple to use and enjoyable for anyone in the community.

We will provide the materials and help you assemble the grower. We will also guide you in selecting your plants, offer advice on maintaining the growers and help you troubleshoot.
Note: a minimal fee will be requested to cover material costs for the start-up kits

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Submitted by alexjhill on Sat, 19/03/2005 - 9:47am.