seeding the city

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?) [...]

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 plant [...]

I have a flat of gorgeous native woodland seedum. I will be planting them in containers and will sell them (with a small flag & project info on the side) to help raise money for the project. They are really beautiful with little white flowers. Wait, let me take a picture.

It will be a limited [...]

I like to approach projects from an “outside the box” (boy, thats an overused term) point of view. When I mentioned the “Seeding the City” to a friend who works with green roofs, he questioned the value of planting such a small plot of greenery – how is that going to have any real affect [...]