Askîy Project turns Saskatoon brownfield site into garden – CBC
Jul 26, 2016
Plot takes more artistic and educational turn for 2016 season
A project in Saskatoon is once again taking gardening above ground.
The garden plot sits on an area at Station 20 West and Avenue K that used to be the site of a gas station. Because the ground may have been contaminated, pallets and barrels are used to safely grow the plants.
“We wouldn’t have been able to do anything like planting in the ground,” Kristen Severight-Dumais, an urban agriculture intern with CHEP Good Food Inc., explained.
“So we had this idea of elevating some barrels on pallets.”
Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/saskatoon-brownfield-garden-project-1.3694751