Trinity’s Rooftop Garden

Posted: July 26, 2019

Zucchini harvested from Trinity's rooftop gardenIt started as a 20-container garden on the rooftop of one of Trinity College’s building – Munk North, growing vegetables, greens and pollinator friendly flowers. This summer, the garden has bloomed into 80 containers thanks to the help of donors, and the project incorporates some pilot sustainability adaptations to the space, including rainwater catchers and organic fertilizers.

Now the garden host tomatoes, leafy greens, herbs, flowers, beans, squash, and zucchinis, all cared for by a team of Trinity students,  alumni and summer research interns from the Butterfield Environment & Sustainability stream of the Margaret MacMillan Trinity One Program, who are running a variety of studies and projects. There are even some edible oddities (Google Cucuamelons!).

Further, another term of Professor John Robinson’s ENV461 has passed, and an additional project was designed by a group of students: a rainwater harvesting system. Their final report (pdf) was used as a basis for a successful funding proposal to the Student Capital Campaign Committee (the body funds long-term projects that generate permanent gains for the college community).

Learn how Trinity’s urban agriculture pilot project began in the summer of 2018: Building a Green Legacy

Learn more about how Trinity is Cultivating Passion, read Trinity Magazine and discover how like-minded alumni, students, staff and faculty are propagating sustainability at the College.

 

Volunteers planting seeds on the Trinity's rooftop garden