Fenway Park Rooftop Garden

Fenway farms which reflects the team s commitment to sustainability is located on a triangular section of steel framed roof above the team s offices.

Fenway park rooftop garden.

Boston red sox go green with rooftop garden. Fans can view the farm from the third base side of the emc level and state street pavilion level. Fenway farms was installed to further exemplify the red sox commitment to helping protect and preserve the environment and the neighbors around fenway park. In the spring of 2015 fenway farms was planted a rooftop garden on the third base side of the ballpark above jersey street.

The rooftop garden is not the first time the club has stretched its horticultural hand beyond the fenway park grass. Fenway park is one of the oldest ballparks in america. Produce and herbs grown in fenway farms presented by pennington orsted sage fruit and fenway park concessionaire aramark will be used in food products prepared at the ballpark this season including the restaurant in the dell emc club. Linda pizzuti henry a co owner of the red sox and wife of team owner john henry had a vision in 2014 she wanted to put a garden on the roof of fenway park.

It is now also one of the most sustainable and that is because of a 5 000 sq ft roof top garden named fenway farms. The boston red sox wanted an urban garden on their stadium roof to grow produce for the ball park s restaurants. This 5 000 square foot rooftop farm within fenway park utilizes a milk crate container growing system. The farm can be viewed by the general public by climbing the staircase next to gate a two.

Two local companies from somerville recover green roofs and green city growers worked on the installation and planting of fenway farms. The 5 000 square foot rooftop farm is sited within fenway park positioned on the roof of the front office located on the third base side of the emc level. Rooftop garden is a hit at boston s fenway park. In june of 2008 the club planted tomatoes behind the mound in the bullpen for that season.

I recently had the honor to attend a 5 year anniversary celebration of fenway farms an urban rooftop garden at fenway park home of the boston red sox. Harvested produce is served throughout the park primarily in the dell emc club restaurant. The 100 year old ballpark is the.