Hi Geoff, In partnership with a school of the Grand Rapids Public School District (Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Academy, a green built school), we grow food in 240 sq feet of garden space on their green roof. We also have large planters on the roof in which we also use for food. The food garden is the center of our food and garden programming at one of the most urban schools here in Grand Rapids. It's good stuff.
Good luck on the presentation. Contact us directly if you want to chat more about our programs. Cheers, Lisa Rose Starner, MPA Executive Director Mixed Greens: A Children's Vegetable Project 1444 Lake DR SE Grand Rapids MI 49506 616.301.3592 ~Growing Kids Who Grow Gardens~ -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:community_garden-bounces at list.communitygarden.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Wilson Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 10:38 PM To: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org Cc: cityfarm at interchange.ubc.ca; urbanag2 at cs.com; lindasv at greenroofs.com; Manfred K?hler; Katherine Wilson; speck at greenroofs.org Subject: [Community_garden] Green roofs anyone ? Hi, Green Roofs anyone ? I'd like to ask is any community garden group member of ACGA can contact me if they have a green roof -- in particular a "food roof" ? I wish to write a report on "food from the roof" for the Green Roofs for Australia conference and Green Roof Photo Expo in Brisbane, Australia, on February 22 and 23, 2007. It will be the start of a green roof movement in Australia under the leadership of Green Roofs for Australian Cities (GRHAC), one of the 15 member organisations of the World Green Roof Infrastructure Network (see www.greenroofsworld.com after December 1). I am particularly interested in promoting the concept of "food from the roof" in Australia, and have initiated two university R&D projects that should lead to community green roofs for food, utilising donated commercial rooftops and, perhaps, donated rooftops of community-owned buildings. Food from the roof can be simple (containerised growing using soil) or complex (using organic hydroponics, aquaculture, aquaponics and vermiculture). My subsequent report after members of ACGA contact me would be made available free to ACGA via a link to my website www.urbanag.info I am hoping my report can also include an analysis of food from the roof development in Europe. My report on food from the roof potential in Singapore is at www.greenroofs.com -- guest editorial of November 2005. Other green roof information is at www.greenroofs.org and www.greenroofs.org.au Geoff Wilson, President, Green Roofs for Healthy Australian Cities. Email: geoff at nettworx.info 32 David Road, Holland Park 4121, Queensland, Australia. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/community_garden_list.communitygarden.org/attachments/20061125/16 82a53c/attachment.html _______________________________________________ The American Community Gardening Association listserve is only one of ACGA's services to community gardeners. To learn more about the ACGA and to find out how to join, please go to http://www.communitygarden.org To post an e-mail to the list: community_garden at list.communitygarden.org To subscribe, unsubscribe or change your subscription: http://list.communitygarden.org/mailman/listinfo/community_garden_list.commu nitygarden.org
