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Rooftop Garden in L.A.

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A lot of people don't have space to garden, and in many places the rooftop is the only option. If you live where it snows, the local architecture is built to support the weight of snow, so a hundred pounds of wet soil per square foot won't collapse a roof. Sadly in Los Angeles, many of our building roofs (or rooves, for those of an elder age) weren't built to hold weather. A light-weight like yours truly can make an…

Read more about the article Field Trip: Quebec City Rooftop Garden – Les Jardins des Lauberiviere
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Field Trip: Quebec City Rooftop Garden – Les Jardins des Lauberiviere

Continue ReadingField Trip: Quebec City Rooftop Garden – Les Jardins des Lauberiviere

One last stop on our tour of Quebec City's gardens: an impressive rooftop garden that anyone can replicate, at least in part.  Les Jardins des Lauberiviere is a project that sits on top of a former hotel, and is now Quebec City's largest homeless shelter. Not only does this shelter provide a home for its residents, but the 6,000 square foot rooftop garden produces 1.5 tons of vegetables each year. The project was installed by Les Urbainculteurs, a non-profit organization…

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