Rooftop Garden at University Crossing

Thanks to a collaboration between the University and Lowell-based urban farming nonprofit Mill City Grows, there is a rooftop vegetable garden outside the windows of the busy second-floor landing in University Crossing overlooking Salem Street. The Office of Sustainability and Mill City Grows designed the 500-square-foot space, which is tucked between a conference room and elevator bay. The modular garden consists of about 180 plants growing in individual milk crates filled with nutrient-rich compost, generated from the university’s dining halls.