Roof Top Garden: Creative Tips

“To be honest, a roof top garden especially in the modern and sprawling

cities stands as an innovative way in taking back the unused and unutilized

spaces such as the roof tops, gazebos, balcony and patios and

metamorphosing them into a lush, green corner where flower blooms, birds

hum and where it’s always the Daisy Time!”

Serious space constraint has added to the misery of the modern homeowner and

possibly this is why more and more homeowners are looking out for creative ways

to craft their own small roof top garden. To be honest, terrace garden especially in

the modern and sprawling cities stand as an innovative way in taking the unused

and unutilized spaces, such as the roof tops, gazebos, balcony and patios and

metamorphosing them into a lush, green corner where flower blooms and the birds

hum!

To put things simply, terrace gardening is more like taking up a productive,

ecological and meaningful activity for turning your unused space into an extended

living place. It is all about establishing new links with the season, with the milieu

and definitely with your friends and family. Get creative with your home gardening

ideas and this season order some of the cool greenhouse materials to create your

own garden.

However, there are definitely few significant aspects, which you need to consider.

For example, your terrace should be adequately strong and enough supportive to

bear the weight of a pop up greenhouse. Moreover, your terrace also needs to be

water proof and last but not the least, you need to work on the type of the soil for

growing flower, vegetables, fruits and salad leaves on your roof top.

First things first, determine the type of your roof (whether it is a flat roof or

whether it has different levels) as well as the framework used before starting with

your terrace gardening project. Next important step is to determine the type of

construction (wood, steel, concrete) and to evaluate the possibility of carrying out

the project. Plan things well and if need be, make a survey sketch for error free

completion of the project. Sure, you need to stay aware about any of the local

zoning requirements as well as the building codes to avoid any kind of

complications in the coming days.

To be honest, nothing can be more relaxing than enjoying a quiet sundown or a

promising sun rise while sitting at a butterfly chair, in the midst of the pea green

splendor of your own little plant house. Indeed, there are many advantages of

crafting a roof top garden. Take a look at the following tips:

Point 1: Terrace garden allows all to harvest fresh homegrown food, organic

vegetables, salads and pretty flowers, throughout the season.

Point 2: It stands as a nice, convenient and space saving concept of

gardening.

Point 3: A terrace garden also helps in reducing the utility cost and other

fuels, which are required to keep the building cool. Remember, in some

areas the temperature of a traditional flat roof can even go up to 140 degrees

Fahrenheit. It is hence a nice idea to cover the roof top surface with green

garden in order to reduce the overall energy cost.

As a matter of fact, there is practically no limit when it comes to the point of

choosing plants to make your terrace a lush reality. The commonly known

vegetables will grow well and so will many varieties of flowers. Even small

container garden with carrots, potatoes, radishes, strawberries, lettuce, red beets,

and cauliflower, cabbage, broccoli, spinach, mustard, and collard greens will look

incredibly colorful at your terrace.