The Garden Shed provides a storage area for equipment and supplies, houses a gardener’s reference library and serves as a casual meeting place located away from the main building. The Shed was built with recycled materials and features geo-thermal radiant heat soon to be powered by solar panels.

The Garden Shed is capped by a showpiece Living Roof — a rooftop garden that supports a responsible stormwater management system.  When rain falls on open, undisturbed land, water goes through its natural cycle and later returns to the atmosphere through plant evaporation and transpiration.

However, when rain falls onto buildings with impervious surface cover, a staggering 75% of the rainwater becomes surface runoff which often drains into open water bodies, polluting them. By installing a Living Roof, we will be able to mitigate the impact of our new construction on the surrounding land and reduce our future water use by 20% to 25%. The Living Roof will also provide an educational laboratory for the community to learn about the issues surrounding water reuse and conservation.

 Installation of the ge0-thermal system in the Garden Shed