Name | CUHK: Library Rooftop Garden |
Address | Rooftop, Li Dak Sum Yip Yio Chin Building, CUHK |
Roof Height | 5/F |
Building Type | Library |
Established Year | 2015 |
Estimated Farm Size (m2) | 189 |
Farm Type | Restricted |
Common Crop Types | Vegetables (winter melon, pumpkin, tomato, loofah, bitter melon, cucumber, eggplant, yam, sweet corn, okra, beans, papaya, beetroot, perilla, chinese mugwort, bosella, lettuce, red sorrel, parsley, ginger, spring onion, garlic, cauliflowers, cabbage, radish, amaranths, spinach, etc.) Fruits (pineapple, strawberry, snake gourd, etc.) Herbs (roselle, mint, lemongrass, basil, dill, etc.) Flowering Plants (borage, marigold, viola, ipomoea, etc.) |
Other Activities | / |
Organiser | CUHK Library |
Partners | O-Farm, Permaculture Institute Hong Kong, C.C. Wu Cultural & Education Foundation |
Organisational Structure | Educational |
Brief Introduction | One roof of the Rooftop Planting Scheme. The farmland not only promotes healthy and green lifestyle, but also becomes a catalyst of group spirit: all the participants will work together when they wouldn’t have chance to meet one another without the farm. |
Contact | Winky Wong Email: winky@lib.cuhk.edu.hk |