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Urban Gardening Where, why, who

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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.

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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