URBAN LANDSCAPE

Melbourne is beloved for its rooftop bars, but now it has an elevated space with a difference. Melbourne Skyfarm is set to open this year, transforming a public rooftop carpark into a bountiful urban farm in the CBD. The education, hospitality and farming hub is the first of its kind in the state, and is set to have an education space, a café and eatery, alongside conference facilities and event spaces. With crops of vegetables and herbs already thriving, the next phase of the venue will allow visitors to tour the verdant oasis, visit and sample from the rooftop orchard and herb gardens, dine at the sustainable café and enjoy drinks with views of the Yarra and Melbourne’s skyline. There will also be classes centred on sustainable living, regenerative practices and protection and restoration of nature, plus a retail rooftop nursery. Hoping to be a blue (or green) print to showcase how cities can adapt to make food supply chains more secure while activating a green space that helps to combat climate change, Skyfarm will have the capacity to produce more than five tonnes of fresh produce each year. melbourneskyfarm.com.au