Daily life

TOURS


Parkdale Horticultural Society
Doors Open
Academic Orientation

WORKING ON PHASE 2


Phase 2 wiring
Leveling pyronometers
Biomass documentation

IN THE LAB


Separating thermocouple wires
Insect identification
GRIT team hard at work

PHASE 2 INSTALLATION


Site for solar panels to be installed
Frame installation
Panels being mounted to frame

Bioroof modules clipped into place
Spreading seed
Construction complete

FIELD TRIP! (NATIVE CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES OF TORONTO)


GRIT Lab @ NCFST
GRIT Lab @ NCFST
GRIT Lab @ NCFST
FAUNA ON THE ROOF

A goose in bed 11W
Goslings on the roof
Bee enjoying our lab’s sedum

Ladybug on twigs
Butterfly on clover
Spittlebug on yarrow

Insect on black-eyed susan
Insect on sedum flower
Bee on virginia creeper
FIELD TRIP! (CONNON NURSERIES NVK)

GRIT Lab @ Connon Nurseries NVK
GRIT Lab @ Connon Nurseries NVK
GRIT Lab @ Connon Nurseries NVK
WINTERIZING

Winterizing Phase 1 irrigation system
Winterizing Bed 2E
Winterizing can be fun
ECOLOGY STUDIES

Biodiversity inventory
Biomass documentation
Documenting for our Image-Index
3D PRINTING NOZZLES FOR TIPPING BUCKETS

Tipping bucket testing
3D printed nozzle solution
Successful test
IRROMETER INSTALLATION

Soaking the irrometers
Wiring the irrometer
Irrometer installed, ready to measure
IRRIGATION INSTALLATION

Early stages of irrigation set up
Irrigation control valves
Irrigation tubing placed on beds
GREEN WALL INSTALLATION

Sealing the windows
Green wall façade installation
Nugget Hops climbing
WIRING INSTALLATION

Measuring voltage — is it live?
Wires moving sensor data
Big data = big wires
SEDUM MAT INSTALLATION

Sedum mats ready for install
Cutting the mats to size
Watering the mats during install

PHASE 1 SEEDING


Phase 1 beds ready to be planted
Meadow mix and seed bucket
Meadow mix