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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?) [...]

• Herbs, Workshops & Growing the network

  So I decided to try growing some herbs in the modules. I took two modules and planted oregano, thyme, tarragon and lavender in them – and they are loving it! It takes a bit of maintenance (the sedum don’t know), like watering when its been super hot. I’m planning to do a bunch of herb [...]

• Growing the sedum

  I had a great conversation with a local representative of LiveRoof green roof modules yesterday. The headquarters had been very receptive to the project and put me in touch with a local nursery to answer questions about some of the more technical details. They are actually interested in testing out a native seedum that they [...]

• Pumice?

  Seeding the City continues to move forward, with some great advances and additions to the project team. In December I was contacted by Vert, a local green roofing company that was really interested in the project. We met and they are coming on strong as a valuable partner. They are going to help ensure safe [...]

• Planting of test plots begins!

  So lots of exciting news! I think I have found a roof! A friend of mine who lives nearby has a roof I can use for the 6 test plots we are doing. It’s a super secret location and I need to get an architect to check it out for me, but it is all [...]

• Using gallery space on non-object oriented art

  *cross-posted from my general blog* This idea was directly generated from Matthias Merkel Hess’ posting, “Getting Dirty at the Hammer.” In it he mentions that the panel discussion (featuring Steve Badgett/SimpArch, Amy Franceschini/Futurefarmers and Nance Klehm) discussed the role of the gallery for artists who work in communities on a project basis. Amy Franceschini stated [...]

• Sedum are here!

  I know it doesn’t look like much… but in this package are the 200 sedum starts that will be available for planting the modules at the StreetFest at the New Museum this weekend!     I will have a limited number of modules available (50) on a first come first serve basis. I will help [...]

• DIY Green Roofs

  So after much research and consideration, I have decided that I want to make my own modules for the project. This will probably save money, but there are other reasons for wanting to do this. I can use expanded clay in the soil mixture or Gaia Soil in the trays as opposed to the not [...]

• Logo

  I’ve been playing with the logo, and have a rough draft. I’m sitting with it for a while. Let me know what you think…