Located in the forecourt of Hamilton City Hall, this project demonstrates how a municipal garden promotes healthy communities by exhibiting urban agriculture and urban sustainability through the effective use of edible plants. Since gardening, cooking and eating are universal experiences the project resonates with passers by and the display of different texture plants creates an attractive environment for those who work and visit City Hall. Over 500 pounds of produce has been harvested and supplied to Fooshare Hamilton. This garden exhibits the City's commitment to the envrionment and to the health of its residents.
This project used a creative approach to landscape design to raise awareness about our food. This project is also a critique of traditional municipal landscape architecture which often uses a plant material pallet that is often focused on visual appearance without engaging the other senses and without providing nutrition. Seen from nearby office towers, a careful composition of plant types, colours, textures and scents creates a constantly changing composition and forms patterns to symbolize the agrarian landscape and promote healthy living.
