urban gardening
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Slides from a talk on urban gardening given as part of the Limerick Lifelong Learning festival on March 23, 2013. We showcased our UL Community Rooftop Garden before and after the talk.TRANSCRIPT
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Urban Gardening
Where, why, who
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Outline
Why gardening in a city? The UL Community Roof Garden Other community gardens in Limerick Related projects What’s happening elsewhere Urban gardening media resources
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5 reasons for urban gardening Fresh food,
produced locally Recycling organic
waste Working outdoors Using existing
resources Community
interaction
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Who we are and 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.
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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.
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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.
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King’s Island Community Garden 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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Southill Area CentreCommunity Garden
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Moyross Community Garden
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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)
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Limerick’s First City Orchard
Limerick Learning Hub – at the initiative of Diarmuid Neilan (Ekotree) planted 180 trees in 2012
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Orchards for everyone
Irish Times, 2 Mar 2013
http://limerickriverbanks.org
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Urban Tree Project Castletroy View Initiated by Deirdre
Power and Jacki Hehir
Urban Forrest- Baggot Estate
70 trees
https://www.facebook.com/UrbanTreeProject?
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Wildroutes No. 1 Perry Sq
http://www.valskitchen.com/http://wildroutes.weebly.com/
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Nearby
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Cloughjordan
http://www.thevillage.ie/
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The Irish Seed Savers Association
http://www.irishseedsavers.ie/
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Hack the City - Guerilla Gardening
http://sciencegallery.com/events/2012/07/mobile-garden-janice-steadman
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Dublin Urban Farm
http://www.urbanfarm.ie
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Elsewhere…
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Guerilla Grafters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0osO1_FR_24
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Gotham Greens, NY
http://inhabitat.com/nyc/top-5-urban-farms-in-new-york-city/
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Hongkong rooftop gardens
http://www.hkfarm.org/home.html
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Media resources
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Detroit – Urban Roots, the movie
http://www.urbanrootsamerica.com/urbanrootsamerica.com/Home.html
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Edible City – Oakland, CA
http://ediblecitythemovie.com/
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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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https://www.facebook.com/GrowFoodNotLawns?
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Free resource Written for
British Columbia
http://www.refbc.com/urban-farming-guidebook