Garden Bus!

Let's talk about plants!

I saw this post on the GOOD magazine website and immediately knew I had to share it.

http://www.urbangardensweb.com/2011/02/01/gardens-on-top-of-city-busses/

The organization is called Bus Roots - it was developed by an NYU student for a masters thesis. The gist is this: he is using the top of a public bus to plant a garden! Each bus top is 340 square feet. There are approximately 4,500 buses in the fleet. If each bus had a garden on top, that would add 1,530,000 square feet of rolling garden space to the city!!!

It made me think: what space could I use to create more greenery? What would that do for my environment, both on a small and large scale? What would it do for my neighbors? I can only imagine sitting in an office building at work, glancing out my second or third story window for a quick mental break, and a garden rolls by on the top of a bus. How would that change my outlook in the moment? How would it change my outlook over time?

I am so inspired by people who think outside the proverbial box, or in this case think on top of it.