The Gardens at Tanger Outlets
In Spring of 2023, Tanger Outlet Centers and Up Top Acres partnered to open three rooftop gardens at centers in Maryland, Georgia, and New Jersey. The rooftop gardens provide habitat for honey bees from hives also located on the roofs, as well as food to non-profit partners local to each site. The gardens also provide ecological benefits such as increased local biodiversity and reduced emissions and heat-island effect.
Tanger Outlet - Savannah, GA
Tanger Outlet - Savannah, GA
Tanger Outlet - Savannah, GA
Tanger Outlet - Savannah, GA
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - Atlantic City, NJ
Tanger Outlet - National Harbor, MD
Tanger Outlet - National Harbor, MD
Tanger Outlet - National Harbor, MD
Tanger Outlet - National Harbor, MD
Tanger Outlet - National Harbor, MD
Tanger Outlet
Atlantic City, NJ
The garden at Tanger Outlets Atlantic City is looking great in its 3rd growing season! This garden is planted with crops such as kale, basil, eggplant (and more!) each season. You can see the bees in the background who are sure to love all the flowers coming their way. Most fruiting plants put out flowers that need to be pollinated in order to form the fruits and vegetables we all enjoy. This is the basis for the mutually beneficial relationship between bees & food crops - the bees harvest food for themselves, while providing an essential pollination service to the farmer and gardener!
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Gardening has been a passion of Alison’s since her father helped her start her own garden at home when she was young. Years later, Alison took part in her college community garden at Rutgers where she appreciated the shared love, guidance, and knowledge of growing plants within that community. Domanic then embarked on a project in Costa Rica where she reforested a three-acre pasture implementing agroforestry and permaculture methodologies to successfully reconnect native animals from the mountain to the sea. Alison joined the Up Top Acres team in 2023 to use her knowledge and experience in agriculture to benefit the local community. She believes that keeping our hands in the dirt is a very potent act that benefits all.
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All of the produce grown at the Tanger Atlantic City Garden is harvested weekly and donated to C.R.O.P.S, a local non-profit that works to increase access to fresh and healthy food for their community.
Tanger Outlet
Savannah, GA
This rooftop garden has transformed an unused rooftop space into a pollinator oasis. Planted with crops such as rudbekia, milkweed, and asters- the garden provides monarchs, native bees, and other beneficial insects the habitat and forage they desperately need. Food crops are also grown here for donation to local non-profit!
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Hi, I'm Rosie! I grew up in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains, gardening, canning, and cooking alongside my mom — where food and community is the way of life. That upbringing led me naturally into food systems work, from running farmer and gardener education programs across Appalachia and the Southeast to joining the Up Top Acres team this year! I now manage the rooftop garden at the Tanger Outlets in Pooler, GA — a little-known gem and peaceful oasis filled with vegetables, flowers, and buzzing pollinators. My favorite crop to grow is any root vegetable and my least favorite is broccoli - hey! I love to eat it, but the PESTS! And you're telling me I only get one head of broccoli after 90 days of growing? UGH. I'd rather grow a whole bed of beets, carrots, and potatoes. But still, nothing beats watching the tiny seeds we plant in early spring and summer become thriving plants with fruits and vegetables to share with the Savannah community — that's what keeps me coming back every season.
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Tanger Outlet
National Harbor, MD
The garden at Tanger Outlets National Harbor was built in April of 2023. The crop list includes kale, swiss chard, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, parsley, basil, thyme, and various flowers for the existing beehive. The gardener for this location is Kristof Grina, one of the founders of Up Top Acres. The produce grown on this roof is distributed to Dreaming Out Loud, a local social enterprise that works with marginalized communities in food insecure parts of the region. They use the vegetables in their farmers markets and CSA programs.
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Kristof grew up in the District of Columbia and co-founded Up Top Acres in 2014. He got his start farming at an organic farm in Potomac, Maryland, and brought his expertise to the rooftops. Kristof is an active member of the DC Urban Agriculture working group, and previously worked installing green roofs for one of the top green roofing companies in DC. He graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelors Degree in Plant and Soil Science focusing on sustainable agriculture.
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All of the produce grown at the Tanger National Harbor Garden is harvested weekly and donated to Dreaming Out Loud, a local non-profit that works to fight food insecurity.
Garden Updates
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"Tanger Outlets Savannah partners to launch new rooftop garden. Here's what it will offer"
ABC WJCL
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"Tanger Outlets and Up Top Acres partner for rooftop garden"
Savannah Morning News
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