Pop Up Patch
Melbourne, Australia · Operator: The Little Veggie Patch Co
Overview
One of Melbourne's largest community gardens, on a downtown car-park rooftop with 140+ plots.
Citizen participation
Residents, restaurants and businesses leased 140+ planter crates at A$25/week and used the harvest.
Operating model
A membership pay-per-plot business on a car-park roof under a short-term licence, dependent on renewal.
Impact
In 2016 the licence for Federation Square's upper car park expired and was opened to new expressions of interest; the operator's site now lists it as closed. Lesson: rooftop tenant-farming depends on renewable short-term licences.
Crops
- radishes
- bok choy
- mustard greens
- edible flowers
Scale
フェデレーション・スクエア上層駐車場屋上。140区画超。ライセンス失効で閉鎖(2016年に危機)
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