South Eveleigh Native Rooftop Farm

South Eveleigh, Sydney

Client

Mirvac

About

Built on the 500sqm rooftop space of an office building, the native rooftop farm uses principles of Indigenous knowledge, collaborative design and permaculture to create and maintain the Australia’s first Indigenous rooftop farm for urban food production. Located high above Sydney on the roof of Yerrabingin House, we’ve grown over 2,000 edible, medicinal and culturally significant plants.

Our role

We designed Australia’s first native rooftop farm to deliver an environmentally friendly rooftop greenspace on the edge of the bustling city. From initial concepts, to design workshops with community, stakeholders and collaborators, and managing the installation, we then took on a caretaker role managing the rooftop space from a garden maintenance perspective, as well as venue management.

Due to the success of the collaboration, Mirvac named the office building at 2 Davy Road, South Eveleigh, “Yerrabingin House”. We’re extremely proud of this project and what opportunities it has opened up for the local community.

Status

Complete

Year

2019

Scale/budget

$3 million

Collaborators

Junglefy, Mirvac

Awards

2019 Sustainability Awards Public & Urban category winner

Media

SBS Australia | Yerrabingin: Australia's rooftop farm is not just about bushfood | SBS Food

The Guardian | 'Edible, medicinal or cultural': first Indigenous rooftop farm opens in Sydney

TimeOut Sydney | Yerrabingin Rooftop Garden | Attractions in Eveleigh, Sydney

ABC Australia | Gardening Australia - Native Rooftop Farm

Maggie Beer | Yerrabingin - Australia’s First Indigenous Rooftop Farm

Green Magazine | Australia’s first Indigenous urban food production farm opens

Broadsheet Sydney | Australia’s First Indigenous Rooftop Garden and New Public Artworks Are on the Way