| A roof garden is a type of carpeting with plants | | | | for waterproofing, water drainage, and weighing |
| on the roof of your house. It reduces storm | | | | ability. Always make sure that your roof can hold |
| water run-offs and improve the energy | | | | the weight that you will put on top of your roof. |
| performance of buildings. The size and shape of a | | | | When creating flooring for your roof garden, use |
| roof garden can vary. Several gardens are small | | | | lighter pavers, timbers, and stones that cannot be |
| because of the designs of the roof, while others | | | | weighed down. Wood chips and crushed gravel is |
| may sprawl out across most of the roof. | | | | a great option for lighter flooring on your roof |
| Roof top gardens are efficient ways to eliminate | | | | garden. |
| water run offs. It is self-maintaining, constructed | | | | The first thing to consider when installing a roof |
| to save water, decrease energy cost, and | | | | garden is the fact that your roof should be flat |
| provide an elegant ecological setting for native | | | | and it should have several areas of accessibility. |
| plants, rolling exotic grasses and herbal gardening | | | | Check if the roof can support heavier loads |
| as well as tresses for roof gardens. | | | | because wet soil can add up to the weight to |
| Roof gardens are usually seen in urban areas | | | | eighty or ninety pounds per square foot. If your |
| where there is limited space for cultivation of | | | | roof cannot hold this much weight, you can still |
| edible and ornamental plants. It can be purely | | | | have a roof garden but you must have it only in |
| decorative, like a landscaped garden that encloses | | | | bottles or containers, structurally changing your |
| rooftop pools in high-status hotels. It can also be | | | | home. |
| more useful, providing a variety of vegetables, | | | | Then, you need to make sure that your ceiling |
| fruits, and herbs. | | | | has waterproof membranes. Otherwise, water will |
| Herb gardening can be completed in your roof | | | | sip out of your ceiling. The two commonly used |
| garden. This can be as simple as flower gardening | | | | waterproofing materials are rubberized asphalt and |
| or vegetable gardening. Choose herbs that can be | | | | thermoplastic sheeting. |
| grown in square foot garden boxes or containers. | | | | Next, also consider the climate in your area. Also |
| Several herbs can grow quite tall. You need to | | | | see if your place is getting enough sunlight, or is |
| also think about their mature sizes prior to planting | | | | being obstructed by taller constructions nearby. |
| them. A small raised garden box or container | | | | Think of plants you would prefer in your garden. |
| garden is good because it is moveable. | | | | As long as your garden is planted in soil, whether |
| Creating a roof garden can be very beneficial. Not | | | | it's along the walls or in containers, these are |
| only can it provide a nice landscape, it can also | | | | perfect for a roof garden. If you have a very |
| help raise the value of your home. When creating | | | | limited space, just reduce the size of your |
| one, check the foundation of your building. Check | | | | containers. |