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• Spring has Sprung!

  With the beautiful weather that has descended upon NYC, we here at Seeding The City have been itching to get our fingers dirty. Over the weekend we planted some test modules with herbs (some that are good in sandy dry shallow soil – cuban oregano anyone?) and some that traditionally don’t do as well (rosemary?) [...]

• Test Plot Roof Needed

  I am planning to plant a test site this spring, to test out different types of modular roof systems (sacks & trays) in different configurations (does just 1 do okay or does there need to be 2 or more modules) and different plants (seedum vs. native). In order to do that I will need a [...]

• It’s about potential!

  So the first installations went out today!! The first one went to the amazing people at Georgia’s Place in Crown Heights. I will upload photos asap. My amazing project manager, Amanda, picked up the modules at Covenant House and brought them out to Crown Heights. They looked great – they are quite small but I [...]

• An exciting new development (or growth really)

  I am so excited to announce a new aspect of the project which will be launching in the next couple of weeks. Over the course of the summer, I will be working with Covenant House to put together and grow the green roof modules. In a couple of weeks we will build the modules and [...]

• and so it begins

  the first installations and flags are up!   More coming!  

• Sexy New Video for Festival of Ideas for a New City

  See if you can spot the Seeding the City cameo! Join me at the Festival to build your own green roof module and take home one with a flag and install it on your roof to become a part of the growing network. For more information on the Festival: – Info.: http://www.festivalofideasnyc.com/about – Interactive Map: [...]

• Sunset Park

  At the fabulous UPROSE in Sunset Park!  

• All done now…

  This summer has been a mixed blessing for the little sedum that I brought for the Festival for the New City, but after some care through the worst of the heat waves, they are doing awesome. I have to thin them out a little (I just put all of the leftover sedum in the trays [...]

• Join my green pyramid scheme*, part 1

  I am officially announcing a call for first round participants for the Seeding the City green roof module installation. If you are a New York City resident and interested in hosting a 2′x4′ green roof module, here is how you can participate: Contact me. I will provide you with information on urban environmental issues and [...]

• Modules planted!!

    The plants are growing now! I was lucky enough to spend part of the last week working with the fabulous staff and kids at Covenant House New York. We were on the roof of their building in midtown Manhattan on two gloroous afternoons mixing the growing medium and planting all of the grasses and [...]