Media Information

On Friday October 22, 2004, Hugh Garner Co-op received a plaque in recognition of the Trillium Foundation's support of the co-op's Green Roof Project.

At the media event, a plaque was presented by Mr. Robin Cardozo, CEO of the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The architects and planners who were on hand answered questions about the project. 

Also present were Hugh Garner's MPP, The Honourable George Smitherman, Minister of Health for Ontario, Pam McConnell Councilor for Ward 28 of the City of Toronto, and other community leaders and involved co-op members. 

The event took place in the party room at Hugh Garner Co-op.

On September 21, 2006, residents of the 8-story Hugh Garner Co-op building, joined by Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone, Architect Monica Kuhn and Alex Waugh, Chair of the Ontario Trillium Foundation local Grant Review Team, marked a milestone with the completion of Phase 1 of Canada’s largest residential green roof, and the beginning of its second phase.

Click here to view the press release for the event.

Click here to view pictures of the event.

1. "A green roof for a healthy city" / The Globe and Mail, June 25, 2004
   In an exquisitely private enclave of downtown Toronto, where the streets are really lanes and where lush foliage frames perfectly restored Victorian facades, sits an odd, new kind of secret garden.
   
   
2. "Gardens of Ontario" / first aired July 4, 2004 on Studio 2, TVO.
   Producers: Janet Aranoff, Stacey Dunseath, David Hawkins, Bonnie Landry, Meredith Martin, Robert Prowse Series Producer: Jane Jankovic
   

3. The grass above our heads: Hugh Garner Co-op’s Green Roof project / Co-operative Housing Federation of Canada, December 2004
   
   
4. "Local co-op unveils first phase of green roof" / Inside Toronto, September 20, 2006
   Roof has environmental, social benefits
   
   
5. Climate Air Connections / Climate Air Connections
   Hugh Garner Green Roof Energy Conservation