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In 1987 the Carrot Common was developed as a group of | ||||||||
| stores centred around a courtyard on Danforth Avenue with | |||||||||
| 'The Big Carrot' health food store. The north roof of the Carrot | |||||||||
| Common provided a large area that could be transformed into a | |||||||||
| community roof deck, green roof and vegetable garden. | |||||||||
| The large deck area will be used for food classes, meetings, | |||||||||
| yoga classes and celebrations. Large parts of the roof are | |||||||||
| covered by an 'extensive' green roof of sedums, grasses and | |||||||||
| herbs that will help insulate the building below and reduce the | |||||||||
| heat sink of a large flat, black roof area. An important function | |||||||||
| of the green roof will be to grow food in 'intensive' garden | |||||||||
| planting boxes and teaching neighbourhood groups how to | |||||||||
| grow food. The grey plastic planting boxes are constructed with | |||||||||
| a water reservoir in the bottom and watering tube. They were | |||||||||
| designed for people in urban apartments to grow vegetables on | |||||||||
| small balconies, roofs, etcetera. These boxes will be located | |||||||||
| throughout the roof area and planted by members of the | |||||||||
| community. | |||||||||
| Some of the team members are David Walsh - Manager, Shen | |||||||||
| Adachi - Project Coordinator, Zora Ignjatovic - Horticultural | |||||||||
| Consultant, Jane Neff - Landscape Designer, Dan Jenkins - | |||||||||
| Property Manager, Michael Kupka - Graphic Artist, Jai Jot | |||||||||
| Lafayette - Steering Committee Coordinator, Dennis Morrison - | |||||||||
| Steering Committee, Chris Dhirani - Contractor, Matthew Krist - | |||||||||
| Greenhouse Planner, Sean Henry - Structural Engineer, Kim | |||||||||
| Curry - Designer. | |||||||||
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| Projects | Bio-Swale UCM | ||||||||
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