The Best of Roof Gardening

Life in metros is very busy with lot of hustle anddesign and the design of any other structures if you
bustle. The people are literally crammed in the citieswant to include will be added in the end. A detailed
and the city breathes in lot of pollution. Plants andplan is very essential to start with, and execute it in
trees in the courtyard are distant dreams in the city.an effective manner. The roof garden should be
The city is the garden of cement and concrete andproportionate with lawns, small trees, ground covers
there is no place for trees. But there is always aand shrubs. If you want you can include the concept
solution to every problem, what if one cannot have aof rock garden or terrace garden or make a
courtyard and enjoy the cool breeze. One canstructure to provide shade. Choose the Fiber-rooted
definitely have a roof garden (terrace garden) whereplants as the roots of the Tap-rooted plants grow
one can sit and relax and enjoy the greenerythrough the building and causing damage to it.
soothing to eyes. The company of the nature willGo for the appropriate soil type for your roof
bring back your ebullience and the tiredness will vanishgardening. The soil rite or peat moss is best for such
in the thin air.type of gardening as it does not exerts pressure on
You can create your own roof garden which is athe building. This type of soil is very costly and it is
type of indoor gardening. But certain things shouldbetter to use blended with garden earth or manure.
always be taken into consideration while making it.For perfect drainage system you will need to do roof
See to it the roof on which you want to create yourgarden construction. The construction must be done
garden should be strong enough to carry the weightwith burnt bricks as other bricks turn to mud and
of the garden. The terrace should be slapdash andcollapse the drainage system. This can spoil your
the drainage system should be very effective withgarden. Place these bricks evenly on the terrace, or
no leakage of water in the roof garden. If thesecorrugated sheets can also be used for the same
condition are fulfilled you can choose any of thepurpose. Put a net lawn on the top of the bricks,
garden design pattern from the Social Patterns,preventing the soil getting into the bricks.
Natural patterns, Archetypal Patterns or AestheticIf the garden is more than 500sq.ft then construct
Patterns.drain at various places and put several pipes leading
Once the garden design pattern is chosen the workto main hole and properly cover these pipes. Prepare
will start with the five primary compositional elementsthe mixture of soil first and then put into the pot as
of garden design, it will begin with the planting design,per the required quantity and then sow the selected
then the landform design, water design and pavingindoor plants.