Sackville town hall gets greener with expanded rooftop garden
Hear Amanda Marlin and Fiona Black talk about the expanded green roof on Tantramar Report, back on August 4, 2021:
Strawberries, blueberries and native wild berries. Chives, thyme, oregano, sage and lavender. Echinacea, yarrow, and black-eyed susans. The garden at Sackville Town Hall is chock-a-block full of edibles and native plants, some of which will hopefully go to help supply the Sackville Food Bank. But it’s not the plants in the garden that are necessarily remarkable, it’s the location: on the roof.
Sackville town hall has had a green roof since it was built more than 10 years ago, and this summer the green was expanded to cover another 1900 square feet.
Amanda Marlin, director of EOS Eco-Energy, helped plant the garden, and also secured the funding to make it happen.
The town signed an agreement with EOS to expand the green roof back in November when the organization first applied to Environment and Climate Change Canada for funding. EOS also did a fundraiser through the Small Change Fund, a crowdfunding platform, “so local residents helped contribute to the green roof project as well,” says Marlin.
Mount Allison is also involved.… Continue