Carrot Green Roof
Toronto, Ontario
Photo Credit: Carrot Green Roof
CASE STUDY
Initial Research by: Desiree Theriault
Edited by: Samantha Miller & Nicole Brekelmans
Case study compiled in 2017
Project: Carrot Green Roof
Type of Urban Strategy: Permaculture, Sustainable Design
Type of Project: Green Rooftop
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Date Designed/Planned: 2003
Construction Completed: 2007
Designer: Tafler Rylett Architects, Dan Jenkins (Landscape Designers), Jane Neff (Landscape Architect, Natvik Ecological, University of Guelph)
The Carrot Green Roof is located on top of the Carrot Common Mall. The project responds to Toronto’s rising needs for sustainable communities, passive design, and food security by supplying the communities of Toronto with an urban agriculture garden.
The garden is an extension of an earlier rooftop deck design by Zora Ignjatovic and Dennis Morrison. It showcases the collaborative work of more than 40 individuals including community members, residents of a local recovery centre, designers, planners, gardeners and many more. The Carrot Green Roof supplies the communities with a unique ecological experience to understand food production and growth, innovative sustainable design, and the atmosphere of a community. (Carrot Common, 2017)


