Case studies

Empty space, turned into working harvests

A few recent projects that show how we think — deeply engineered, honestly priced and finished on schedule.

Downtown Harvest — 12,000 sq ft Rooftop FarmRooftop Farm

Riverside Tower, Portland

Downtown Harvest — 12,000 sq ft Rooftop Farm

A barren 1960s office-tower roof became one of the region's largest commercial rooftop farms, supplying the building's restaurant and a 200-member CSA.

  • Structural review confirmed the roof could carry a lightweight tray system with zero structural retrofit.
  • Installed 240 raised beds, 2 miles of drip line and a 10,000-gallon rainwater catchment.
  • First harvest 11 weeks after planting — 40+ crop varieties in year one.
12,000 sq ft
Area
40+
Crops
11 wks
To first harvest
Greenway Elementary — Learning Garden & GreenhouseCommunity Garden

Greenway School District

Greenway Elementary — Learning Garden & Greenhouse

A 25-bed teaching garden and 500 sq ft greenhouse turned an unused schoolyard into an outdoor classroom for 320 students.

  • Laid out beds and paths for wheelchairs and strollers — every plot reachable by every student.
  • Built a 500 sq ft greenhouse with a rainwater system and kid-height benches.
  • Trained 14 teachers and ran a launch-day planting workshop for all 320 students.
25
Beds
320
Students
500 sq ft
Greenhouse
Riverside Food Hub — 60-Plot Community Garden NetworkCommunity Garden

Riverside Neighborhood

Riverside Food Hub — 60-Plot Community Garden Network

A vacant city lot became a 60-plot community garden feeding 150 families, with a food-hub distribution point and weekly market.

  • Remediated and tested the soil, then built 60 accessible raised plots with shared water stations.
  • Designed a food-hub distribution point that connects 8 neighborhood growers with a weekly market.
  • Year one produced 4.5 tons of produce for 150 registered families.
60
Plots
150
Families
4.5 tons
Year-1 yield
SkyFarm — Hydroponic Containers for a Restaurant GroupHydroponics

Downtown Food District

SkyFarm — Hydroponic Containers for a Restaurant Group

Two refurbished shipping containers grow 9,000 plants a year of salad greens and herbs for a four-restaurant group, using 92% less water than field farming.

  • Retrofitted two 40 ft shipping containers with LED lighting, NFT systems and climate control.
  • Trained the group's sous chefs to manage harvests on a twice-weekly schedule.
  • Greens travel 2 miles from container to plate — picked and served the same day.
9,000
Plants/yr
92%
Water saved
4
Restaurants

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