If you live in an apartment or a house with no yard rooftop gardens can let you cultivate ornamental trees and grasses flowers and even edible plants.
Roof as a garden.
In rooftop containers and raised beds potting soil is your best friend.
View of acros fukuoka designed by architect emilio ambasz.
It s no fun lugging tools fertilizers and soil up to the roof every time you want to garden.
Pick the right planting medium.
Questions about accessibility building height.
Soil and pots are heavy to.
Caring for your rooftop garden permission.
How are you going to get.
Contact a structural engineer and map out your garden before you begin planting.
A small storage space even if it s just a simple wooden box will keep supplies handy and prevent them from blowing around on a windy rooftop.
Rooftop gardens are a beautiful and environmentally friendly addition to urban homes.
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First check with your landlord and or building code.
Make sure the roof can hold the load.
At trent university there is currently a working rooftop garden which provides food to the student.