Category: English

Address:
City Farm Garden ,3/F, Block 7, Jin Qiao Mall

Contact:
021-50839159

Organization:
Shanghai City Agriculture Construction Development Ltd.  & Chong Bang Group

Introduction：
Converted from a rooftop basketball court, City Farm Garden is an interactive leisure farm targeting at families and children. Farm City Garden Farm aims to bring the natural lifestyle back to the city commercial spaces. Producing fresh and organic vegetables and feeding animals, Jin Qiao Mall has created a mode of natural shopping experience.

K11 Art Mall Shanghai Rooftop Garden, Shanghai

Address:
398 Huaihai Zhong Lu, Luwan District, Shanghai PRC

Established Year:
2013

Contact:
(8621) 23103188/ 63876688
http://www.shanghaik11.com/
customerservice.sh@k11concepts.com

Organization:
K11

Introduction：
The grand rooftop garden is situated in the Shanghai K11 Art Mall consisted of art and fashion in the glamorous heart of Shanghai. Committed to integrating the people’s shopping experience with the natural spaces and sustainable operation, K11 has created a multidimensional natural landscape, including a roof garden, vertical greening and urban farming. This green structure was also awarded the “Core and Shell LEED Gold Certification for Existing Buildings’ to reduce the “heat island effect” and the usage of resources.

Address:
– Skyfarm at Anken Rooftop: 668 Huai An Rd (near west Suzhou Creek Rd)
– Skyfarm at Jiashan Rooftop: ShanXi Nan Lu, Lane 550, No. 37/D

Established Year:
2010

Contact: 
shanghaiskyfarms@gmail.com
ashan.skyfarm@gmail.com
http://jiashan-skyfarm.tumblr.com/

Organization:
Good to China

Introduction：
Skyfarm is an innovative urban farm platform encouraging a paradigm shift from the conventional food model that is rural, disconnected and monoculture to an alternative contemporary approach: which is urban, connected and distributed. Their rooftop farms are built with an arms-length approach, with minimal maintenance or ongoing relationship. Operating in three different models, schools and individuals can choose the most suitable one to experience urban farming including community sky farm, sky farm education space for schools and business workshops and urban farm learning centers in schools. 

Comcrop, Singapore

Address:
Rooftop of  *Scape, Orchard Road

Contact:
https://comcrop.com
https://www.facebook.com/ComCrop/

Introduction：
‘Comcrop – Urban Farming in the Heart of Singapore’ is a 6,000 sq ft farm run by a social enterprise Comcrop specialised in urban farming. Through bringing farms to marginalised land in the city, they aim to strengthen community bonding and secure local food sustainability. Comcrop operates commercial farming during the weekdays while it provides community farming workshops at the weekends.

Address:
Tokyo District 1-1-10 Aoyama Ku, Tokyo Diversity Tokyo Plaza 9th floor (rooftop)

Contact:
+81 3-6457-2670
www.city-farm.jp
https://www.facebook.com/cityfarmodaiba/

Organization:
Vegetory Co.

Introduction：
City Farm Tokyo is located on top of a giant shopping mall – DiverCity Tokyo Plaza. The farm aims to encourage urban dwellers witness how food grows as well as combat rising temperature in the city. Food production of the farm focuses on the Japanese kitchen. Crops include rice, egg plants and soybeans. The traditional semi-aquatic conditions for rice-growing requires different farming techniques, drainage and irrigation on the roof.

The farm also offers farm plot rental services as well as cultivational guidance to the participants.

Address:
Ebisu Station, Shinjuku Station, Hachioji Station, Ogikubo Station

Established Year:
2010

Contact:
http://www.machinaka-saien.jp/

Organization:
JR East ( partnered by Ekipara)

Introduction
Japan Rail East started this vegetable garden business on Tokyo train stations out of a desire to contribute to the environmental maintenance and revitalize area along the train line. Now there are thirteen stations around the country with operating gardens. There are also plans to build community gardens on top of or near each stations in Japan soon. The farm is open to anyone, not matter if they’re skilled gardeners or not. People can rent a three-square meter garden which include tools and gardening equipment. The farms are popular recreational spaces for families.

Address:
Schiekade 189, 3013 BR Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Established Year:
2012

Contact:
http://www.luchtsingel.org/en/locaties/roofgarden/

Introduction:
The Dakakker is located on top of the Schieblock office building in the center of Rotterdam. The garden houses vegetables. herbs and bees, with the produce being distributed to local restaurants and in the future their own shop. The Dakakker functions as a test site to experiment with different ways of green-roofs and farming in the city, aiming to turn Downtown Rotterdam into a district that is a source of fresh produce for the neighborhood.