Questions tagged [roof-garden]
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Should I cut the top off of this bolting lettuce?
My garden is on a roof top in the South Bronx. I get a lot out of a little space, but I tend to only have one or two of each type of plant.
Most advice I find is for terrestrial gardens with rows and rows of the same plant. I also find that my…
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What are some recommendations for planting garage rooftop window boxes?
The situation: There’s a double garage (precast concrete) with a flat roof of roughly 30 m² (approx. 320 sq ft), and it’s unused space. I often thought about putting anything alive up there (preferably of the kingdom Plantae), the one downside being…
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What are the best materials to use to build raised garden beds on my roof?
A part of my house (about 30ft x 15ft) has a flat roof and is south facing, perfect for building a little rooftop garden. Obviously, unlike other raised beds, the actual bottom of the bed will need to be elevated off the roof to prevent moisture…
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What herbs would grow well in a roof garden in KwaZulu-Natal?
I live in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa which is an area with a hot summer climate and frosty winters.
I have a bare concrete roof above my room (with access) and want to turn it into a herb garden.
Are there any herbs that can deal with the heat of…
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Green roof maintenance requirements
It appears that Washington DC has a green roof rebate program where I can get $15/sq.ft to install a green roof.
Green roofs are stormwater management practices that capture and store rainfall in an engineered growing media that is designed to…
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Mixtures of seeds of flowers for a roof
From one side of our apartment we have a view on a roof of a shop in the same building. The view is not very enticing, as you may see from the photos. As there are some plants growing here and there, I was wondering if it would work (apart from…
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What flowering plants are recommended for a roof garden in a climate with hot dry summers?
I live in a hot (now 42 °C to 25°C) and dry (14% relative humidity just right now) city, and I have around 15 hours of sunlight. I wanted to plant some flowers on my roof, where there are no shadows during the day. It also can get subzero (around…
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Rooftop lawn on flat roof
We are building an extension to our home and the extension has a flat concrete roof.
We would like to plant a lawn on this roof. Structurally the roof can handle the weight but now I have a few growing lawn related queries:
What soil depth should…
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