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Portland Edible Rooftop Garden
The Oregonian: 6.9.08

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Most days, container gardening on a typical tiny apartment patio seems challenging. It can feel like if we don't have a sprawling suburban yard, we're just not meant to garden. But rooftop gardens like this turn that notion on its head posthaste.

 
 

The garden on top of the five-floor Rocket building at East Burnside and 11th Avenue is Portland's only edible rooftop garden, and one of only a handful in the U.S.

Check out the article here.

Image: Marv Bondarowicz for the Oregonian

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I had dinner at the Rocket restaurant and our bill came with seed packets to take home!

posted by Portland Jessica on June 18th 2008 at 1:08pm
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I'm especially thrilled with the use of an unusual planting "pot" shown here:
http://www.cityfarmer.info/rocket-science-%E2%80%93-an-edible-rooftop-garden-in-portland/

posted by TRUE BLUE on June 18th 2008 at 10:27pm
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