The rooftop garden is not the first time the club has stretched its horticultural hand beyond the fenway park grass.
Fenway park rooftop garden.
Fenway farms was installed to further exemplify the red sox commitment to helping protect and preserve the environment and the neighbors around fenway park.
But what has happened at fenway park is downright incredible.
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.
The boston red sox wanted an urban garden on their stadium roof to grow produce for the ball park s restaurants.
Harvested produce is served throughout the park primarily in the dell emc club restaurant.
The 100 year old ballpark is the.
In the spring of 2015 fenway farms was planted a rooftop garden on the third base side of the ballpark above jersey street.
Rooftop garden is a hit at boston s fenway park.
The farm can be viewed by the general public by climbing the staircase next to gate a two.
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.
Two local companies from somerville recover green roofs and green city growers worked on the installation and planting of fenway farms.
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.
This 5 000 square foot rooftop farm within fenway park utilizes a milk crate container growing system.
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.
In june of 2008 the club planted tomatoes behind the mound in the bullpen for that season.
Fans can view the farm from the third base side of the emc level and state street pavilion level.
Boston red sox go green with rooftop garden.
What is fenway farms.
Sgh conducted a wind uplift analysis to evaluate the likelihood that the planter boxes would blow off the roof.