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.
2. 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
3. 5 reasons for urban gardening
Fresh food,
produced locally
Recycling organic
waste
Working outdoors
Using existing
resources
Community
interaction
4.
5. 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.
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.
8.
9. 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
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 City Orchard
Limerick Learning Hub – at the initiative of
DiarmuidNeilan (Ekotree) planted 180 trees
in 2012
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/