project updates
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011
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 I had) but they are super happy little plants.
I am done with the project, except for collecting photos from the participants at the festival and adding those to the site/map. But that’s it for me and Seeding the City. I managed to get about 60 sites around nyc (don’t know if I will get photos from all of them) and I hope that some of those sites continue to grow and thrive. I had about a dozen trays left from the various growing seasons and the festival, which I am hoping to donate to a local group. I will let you know when that happens also.
It has been an interesting project from which I have learned a lot (not the least of which was about green roofs!) and it wouldn’t be the project it is today without the help of the amazing Amanda Burr who project managed it from infancy to tween hood. But now it is time to say goodbye and move on to other amazing projects.
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sedum growing strong
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Monday, April 5th, 2010
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?) — we are hopeful that at least some of these plants will thrive so that we can offer them over the fall.
Those of you who are on my general mailing list (if you aren’t already, sign up here: http://evemosher.com/gallery2/page/contact) know about the inventory loss that we suffered in February. Due to some mis-communication completely out of our control, half of our modules (they were awaiting spring installation) were thrown out. It is reported that the plants were replanted, so that is good – but it is a loss of a lot of materials, labor and the time that it took for them to get established. (The modules that we have still have mostly done really well – the sedum spreading and the grasses growing anew).
So… we are starting a fundraising campaign. We’ll be launching a campaign (complete with donor gifts) in a couple of weeks. This fundraiser will allow us to collect money to both continue the original network of green roofs as well as plan and produce workshops with communities around the city who are interested in either creating a green roof for their community (schools, institutional organizations) or hosting a green roof workshop day for their constituency (community organizations, neighborhood and block associations).
If you are a current proud host of a module, watch for an email soon, we want to come check on the plants and do a quick soil acid test to make sure everything is growing well!
As always, if you are interested in participating as an individual or if you think you might like to host a workshop – email me!
p.s. i will try to get some photos up of the herbs right away!
Tags: community, diy, fundraising, green roof, green roofs, installation, participation, planting, remediation, sedum, seeding the city, workshop
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
At the fabulous UPROSE in Sunset Park!
Tags: brooklyn, community, diy, envrionment, eve mosher, green roof, green roofs, installation, participation, planting, sedum, seeding the city, seedum, sunset park, uprose
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
At the Co-Op School in Clinton Hill/Bed Stuy…
Tags: bedford stuyvesant, brooklyn, clinton hill, co-op school, community, diy, envrionment, eve mosher, green roof, green roofs, installation, planting, remediation, sedum, seeding the city, seedum
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Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
We added some green to the play area on the roof of a Williamsburg pre-school…
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Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
For Immediate Release Contact: Eve Mosher
October 19, 2009
Patches of green sprouting across New York City
October – December, 2009
It may feel like fall in most of the New York, but on rooftops throughout the city, as little patches of green are sprouting, it feels a little more like spring.
Seeding the City, another public intervention by the artist Eve Mosher, is a rooftop installation 4 square feet of green roof (sedum and grasses) and a bright yellow and green flags with the project logo. The project, two years in the making, will introduce city residents to urban environmental issues and the role that green roofs play in creating a more sustainable city.
Before Mosher installs each green roof, she asks that the recipient put her in touch with two or three neighbors who are interested in the project. This neighbor-to-neighbor referral system creates a community network and gets people talking about sustainability.
The installations are being mapped and documented on the project site, SeedingTheCity.org.
Seeding The City is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Development Fund of the New York Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).
Mosher is an artist that creates art that encourages participation in the urban environment, her 2007 work; HighWaterLine received international attention for raising public awareness about climate change through an arresting public act.
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Thursday, October 1st, 2009
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 realized during an interview that I did that this project is all about POTENTIAL.
Forming community networks that have the POTENTIAL to rally together to take on issues in their neighborhood.
Planting small green roof modules that have the POTENTIAL to become larger.
Given people an entry into urban environmental issues and remediation so they have the POTENTIAL to educate others or educate themselves further and speak about issues.
Given that, the little modules have a lot of POTENTIAL! (Hence the name, Seeding the City, it is about planting little seeds of ideas for people to act on). Wonderfully enough, at the first site, we talked about planning a Spring Planting Day where the residents will plant lots more green roof modules to install on their rooftop. (Maybe they will even make a few to give to their friends and neighbors to carry on the tradition!)
The second installation is at EcoArtSpace, where there will be modules on display for public viewing and information about the project. It is part of the “Down to Earth Show” – there is an opening on October 3rd, from 6-8pm (at 53 Mercer Street) and will be up through November.
Three more installations should happen over the weekend and early next week – I will keep you updated. The flags are also on their way!
Tags: community, covenant house, ecoartspace, envrionment, georgia's place, green roof, green roofs, installation, planting, potential, sedum, seeding the city, seedum
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
As we rapidly approach the launch of Seeding the City (in September, more info on participating), we check in on the growth of the modules on the roof of Covenant House.
The grasses are having a hard time, but the sedum have already started to spread.
And some local wildcards have taken root…
I wonder what kind of wildlife have been taking advantage of the greenery?
Tags: covenant house, envrionment, green roof, green roofs, partnership, planting, sedum, seeding the city, seedum
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