| Life in metros is very busy with lot of hustle and | | | | design and the design of any other structures if you |
| bustle. The people are literally crammed in the cities | | | | want to include will be added in the end. A detailed |
| and the city breathes in lot of pollution. Plants and | | | | plan 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 and | | | | proportionate with lawns, small trees, ground covers |
| there is no place for trees. But there is always a | | | | and shrubs. If you want you can include the concept |
| solution to every problem, what if one cannot have a | | | | of rock garden or terrace garden or make a |
| courtyard and enjoy the cool breeze. One can | | | | structure to provide shade. Choose the Fiber-rooted |
| definitely have a roof garden (terrace garden) where | | | | plants as the roots of the Tap-rooted plants grow |
| one can sit and relax and enjoy the greenery | | | | through the building and causing damage to it. |
| soothing to eyes. The company of the nature will | | | | Go for the appropriate soil type for your roof |
| bring back your ebullience and the tiredness will vanish | | | | gardening. 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 a | | | | the building. This type of soil is very costly and it is |
| type of indoor gardening. But certain things should | | | | better 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 your | | | | garden construction. The construction must be done |
| garden should be strong enough to carry the weight | | | | with burnt bricks as other bricks turn to mud and |
| of the garden. The terrace should be slapdash and | | | | collapse the drainage system. This can spoil your |
| the drainage system should be very effective with | | | | garden. Place these bricks evenly on the terrace, or |
| no leakage of water in the roof garden. If these | | | | corrugated sheets can also be used for the same |
| condition are fulfilled you can choose any of the | | | | purpose. 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 Aesthetic | | | | If 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 work | | | | to main hole and properly cover these pipes. Prepare |
| will start with the five primary compositional elements | | | | the 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 paving | | | | indoor plants. |