When in doubt remember to read the descriptive labels on plants before you purchase them.
Rent garden to the roof crop.
The majority of summer crops especially tomatoes peppers and corn fit into this category and many flowering plants as well.
We offer services that connect people to more sustainable practices through the food and flowers we grow the events we host the beehives we tend to and the hospitality industry we support.
For basic lawn care you can rent everything from mowers and edgers to trimmers pruners and blowers to keep your lawn the envy of the neighborhood.
Discovering the load bearing capacity of a purpose built roof garden is easy you simply need to look at the title deeds.
16 000 square foot green roof divided into two 8 000 square foot gardens that dis play a variety of north american native plants and exotic plants from around the world.
Louis foundation green roof garden north and the ellis goodman.
Unless your building s roof is shaded by larger nearby buildings focus on plants that thrive in bright sunny conditions.
The green roof garden of the chi cago botanic garden consists of the jose phine p.
Roof terraces however are a very different matter.
When it comes to older properties chances are the space was originally intended to be somewhere to hang out the washing or access the roof.
A roof crop employee tends the farm space which on the third floor lies behind a locked gate but is in full view of people on the sun deck and in most south facing apartments on the floors above.
Roof gardening 101.
Building any urban garden but especially a rooftop garden requires many different considerations so it s important to work with a professional landscape architect at the planning stage who can guide the process.
For example a roof garden that is properly installed and designed during the building of your house or garage can become an insulating roof that reduces the need for expensive energy.
Rooftop gardens can make your house and garden more environmentally friendly in many ways.
Having a roof garden for growing food crops can be a great idea.
A crop roof on the other hand is an intensive production zone with deeper growth medium and it will add 80 to 120 pounds per square foot.
The architect will visit the site examine the roof s age and condition and consider budget and wishes.
The roof crop has grown into a full service landscape and urban farm with deep ties to the communities we work for.