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Urban gardening
The document discusses urban gardening initiatives, particularly the UL Community Roof Garden, which serves as a space for learning, relaxation, and community interaction. It outlines the benefits of urban gardening, such as fresh food production and recycling of organic waste, while highlighting other community gardens and projects in Limerick and beyond. Additionally, it provides resources and guidance for those interested in participating in urban gardening activities.
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Urban gardening
- 1. Urban Gardening Where, why, who
- 2. Outline Why gardeningin a city? The UL Community Roof Garden Other community gardens in Limerick Related projects What’s happening elsewhere Urban gardening media resources
- 3. 5 reasons forurban gardening Fresh food, produced locally Recycling organic waste Working outdoors Using existing resources Community interaction
- 5. Who we areand how it works The idea for the UL Community Roof Garden was initiated by the Environmental Committee and was designed and constructed by Buildings & Estates during the remediation work on the space which had began to leak into the lecture theatre below. A group of enthusiastic volunteers from across the campus community came together during the Autumn 2012 semester to discuss how best to utilise the space.
- 6. Principles and aspirations The roof garden is for everyone and will be open to all. It will be a space where people can come to learn and teach about gardening as well as a place for relaxation. You can participate in all or only a selection of activities. There will be a variety of plants including vegetables, flowers, fruits and herbs. It will have colour and foliage throughout the seasons.
- 7. Principles and aspirations(2) It will be a model for urban farming and develop outreach activities. It will operate under the guidance of an expert gardener who will set the work schedule each week. Other leadership roles will be identified as the need emerges. All tasks and organised sessions will be posted on the blog. It is experimental, we are learning as we go. If you want to get involved, just show up for the next gardening session.
- 9. King’s Island CommunityGarden The initiative came from the community The Civic Trust put the idea into practice, with the support of Limerick Regeneration and FAS
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- 12. More urban gardens: Ballinacurra Weston Residents Alliance: established a community garden in memory of a resident that had passed away. St. Saviours Community Group Ltd.: Proposals have been drawn up to commence a community garden including a veg patch, honeymaking, preserve making and a city egg farm. (Source: Limerick.ie)
- 13. Limerick’s First CityOrchard Limerick Learning Hub – at the initiative of DiarmuidNeilan (Ekotree) planted 180 trees in 2012
- 14. Orchards for everyone http://limerickriverbanks.org Irish Times, 2 Mar 2013
- 15. Urban Tree Project Castletroy View Initiated by Deirdre Power and JackiHehir Urban Forrest- Baggot Estate 70 trees https://www.facebook.com/UrbanTreeProject?
- 16. Wildroutes No. 1 Perry Sq http://wildroutes.weebly.com/ http://www.valskitchen.com/
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- 18. Cloughjordan http://www.thevillage.ie/
- 19. The Irish SeedSavers Association http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/
- 20. Hack the City- Guerilla Gardening http://sciencegallery.com/events/2012/07/mobile-garden-janice-steadman
- 21. Dublin Urban Farm http://www.urbanfarm.ie
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- 23. Guerilla Grafters http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osO1_FR_24
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- 25. Hongkong rooftop gardens http://www.hkfarm.org/home.html
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- 27. Detroit – UrbanRoots, the movie http://www.urbanrootsamerica.com/urbanrootsamerica.com/Home.html
- 28. Edible City –Oakland, CA http://ediblecitythemovie.com/
- 29. TED: Ron Finley- A guerilla gardener in South Central LA http://www.ted.com/talks/ron_finley_a_guerilla_gardener_in_south _central_la.html
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- 31. Free resource Written for British Columbia http://www.refbc.com/urban-farming-guidebook
- 32. Thank you! Gabriela.avram@ul.ie @gabig58