Dezeen : James Corner landscapes "magical lookout" at Battersea Power Station https://www.dezeen.com/2023/08/15/james-corner-battersea-power-station-roof-garden/ #JamesCornerFieldOperations #Landscapearchitecture #BatterseaPowerStation #Landscapeandurbanism #Rooftopgardens #Architecture #England #London #all #UK

#Honeybees, under threat in rural and agricultural areas, are finding an unlikely refuge: the big city

by Luca Matteucci

"The fuzzy pollinators, apis mellifera, have found new homes at places like the Beaugrenelle Commercial Center, one of Paris’s biggest indoor shopping complexes. Not far from the Eiffel Tower, the mall hosts a pesticide-free garden on its rooftop with Russian mint, Australian lemongrass, Indian holy basil and other plantings that attract local Michelin-starred chefs. The aromatic flowers and herbs also draw legions of bees that now live on a cleared corner of the roof overlooking the Seine River.

"'It’s a heavenly buffet for them. They enjoy a healthy and varied diet, which makes the colony stronger,' beekeeper Diane Jenny said on a recent day as she checked the rooftop’s six hives, each containing about 40,000 bees, for potentially harmful parasites like mites. The bees were healthy and thriving, she proclaimed, and busy making rooftop honey."
#Beekeeping #Bees #Gardens #RooftopGardens #UrbanBeekeeping #Pollinators

Read more: https://getpocket.com/explore/item/that-buzz-on-city-rooftops-beekeeping-is-going-corporate?utm_source=pocket-newtab

#UrbanFarming with #RooftopGardens seems like a terrific answer to #ClimateChange and #hunger:
https://quirkyforum.com/urban-farming-farming-close-to-urban-centres-is-being-fueled-by-climate-change/

#UrbanFarming with #RooftopGardens seems like a terrific answer to #ClimateChange and #hunger:
https://quirkyforum.com/urban-farming-farming-close-to-urban-centres-is-being-fueled-by-climate-change/

#solarpunk #rooftopgardens