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Santropol Roulant`s Edible Campus Garden
The garden will be open again in May, 2010. Thank you for a wonderful growing season in 2009!
How does your garden grow?
Santropol Roulant's Edible Campus garden is run in partnership with Alternatives' Rooftop Garden Project and the McGill School of Architecture's Minimum Cost Housing Group. We grow mostly vegetables in over 225 containers, using a self-watering technique. This year, we expanded the garden by converting a 100 m2 ornamental rock bed into a series of raised beds.
For information on our innovative gardening techniques, please visit rooftopgardens.ca. For more information on our partners, please visit their respective websites. What to expect?
We garden collectively tackling various tasks, as layed out by the garden coordinator. The entirety of the harvest is then returned to Santropol Roulant's meals-on-wheels kitchen. Depending on the time of season and the number of volunteers, the workload goes from super busy to super chill. So you might spend one shift bent over harvesting tomatoes non-stop for 3 hours and the next shift leisurely watering the plants while chatting with a friend.
Please note, shifts are canceled in case of heavy rain. For pictures from our garden, please visit our flickr site.
Where to find us?
Our garden is situated on McGill University's downtown campus (805 Sherbrooke St. W.), in front of Burnside Hall. Google Maps Link What to bring?
Dress appropriately. You might very well get dirty. Bring a hat and sunscreen for the sun, gloves if you have some, and a water bottle in case you get thirsty. Other than that, a positive attitude is all you need. Here are a few things we always need in the garden, if you happen to have them lying around the house, then by all means please bring them over: - pantyhose for tying tomatoes
- rubber bands for bundling certain vegetables
- small amounts of kitchen scraps for our worms
Horticultural Workshops:
These workshop are designed to teach you the basics of organic gardening and then some! They usually happen on Wednesdays, after an hour or so of basic work in the garden. A $5 donation is suggested. June 27th - Plant Basics 101 and Seed-Balling with an Introduction to Guerrilla Gardening
July 22nd - Organic Fertilizers and Pest Controls
How to Build a Self-Watering Container and Other Tricks for Rooftop Gardening (date TBA)
September 8th - Seed Saving Du Jardin à l'assiette Kitchen Workshops:
These workshops start in the garden with a small harvest and then proceed to the kitchen for more fun with our chef Armel!! Here again, a $5 donation is suggested. Workshops in 2010 will include jam-making, flowers and fine herbs, and an iron chef competition.
August 5th - Flowers and Fine Herbs
Iron Chef Competition Garden Parties!!!
Our garden parties feature live music, food, beer and games!! These events are not to be missed !
Stay tuned for dates for the 2010 garden events!
Where can I get one of those nifty self-watering containers?
Our ready-to-grow kits are available for $40 at the following locations: Alternatives
3720 Avenue Du Parc, Bureau 300
Montreal, QC
Santropol Roulant
4050 Saint-Urbain
Montreal, QC I hear you guys sell weekly produce baskets?
We sure do. For more info on Santropol Roulant's new Fresh Basket, click here How can I get on your listserve?
To join our garden specific listserve send an email to jardinage-join alternatives.ca If you would like more general information on Santropol Roulant, including periodic news from our garden, send a message to Patrick at infosantropolroulant.org. Any other questions??
Send your questions, comments, or anonymous love letters to Tim at greensantropolroulant.org or to Patrick at infosantropolroulant.org. Thank you to our 2009 supporters!!
EJLB Foundation
Catherine Donnelly Foundation
Plateau Mont-Royal
Mountain Equipment Co-op
Carrot Cache
Loco Local
Young Canada Works
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