Trinity’s Rooftop Garden
It started as a 20-container garden on the rooftop of one of Â鶹ƵµÀ’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  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 Â鶹ƵµÀ).
Learn more about how Trinity is  and discover how like-minded alumni, students, staff and faculty are propagating sustainability at the College.
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