Risc Roof Garden Reading

Crammed in to a small and rather rustic seating area we are given the history of the garden.

Risc roof garden reading.

The risc garden is a rooftop forest garden designed as an interesting educational project and one that. Risc roof garden one day workshop on forest gardening edible landscaping and urban permaculture. Reading international solidarity centre at 35 39 london street is keeping up the local tradition of campaigning for international justice whilst addressing environmental issues by creating a highly original garden project up on the roof. A booklet about the garden including recipes and selected plant list with uses is available from risc s world shop.

The risc roof garden is a small edible roof forest garden developed to demonstrate sustainability and our dependence on plants. Download a low resolution version of the roof garden booklet. Visit our award winning roof garden. Demonstration of renewable energy water harvesting and irrigation systems.

In 2002 we took this further by creating an edible forest garden on the flat roof above the conference hall. The gardens of berkshire the yellow book of the national gardens scheme describes the risc entry as a small town centre roof garden developed to demonstrate sustainability and our dependence on plants and points out that it is featured in. All plants in the garden have an economic use for food clothing medicine etc and come from all over the world. The beautiful rooftop garden above a reading community centre is being opened to the public for five days this summer.

An oasis in the centre of reading find out about our global education projects find out more about the risc meeting rooms. Hen the idea of a roof garden at reading international solidarity centre risc began to take shape in 2001 it was a practical response to the problem of a leaking roof and how to provide sound and heat insulation for a conference hall which doubled as a venue for noisy events. A forest and vegetable garden developed on the roof of the reading international solidarity centre since 2001. Listen to an interview with dave on the alternative kitchen garden.

A radical new approach to food production using horticultural models rather than agricultural ones. Download a list of herbs. It is a systems rethink that generates productive low input and reslient nature friendly landscapes. Download the full roof garden plant list.