Green Dream: Installing a Rooftop Garden

Question on winter and freezing temperatures. If you have just 4 inches - what happens during the winter, the ground will freeze and aren't you now under a block of ice? Does that still have an r value or can you rapidly grow some rye grass about 3 months before the snow so that you can have a bed of "hay/straw"? You then till that in come Spring. But then 4 inches, you can't really till either. Have you thought about going deeper and what does that do to the load on the supports? Oh and careful mowing...one wrong move and you'll walk off the roof with the lawnmower in tow.

It's incredible how people is going more and more for the Green way of life.

Amazing post BTW.

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I would even consider installing another fail-safe layer below the waterproofing just in case the water proofing fails. Some sort of a drip pan would work. The last you would want is water damage to the livable area below. But wonderful design - nice job

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For those of you working with kids and wanting to get them excited about plants and gardening, Have them grow a TickleMe Plant before installing your roof top garden. This is the plant that will close its leaves and lower its branches when tickled. Our school (k-12) has found it a great way to excite kids about nature. If you haven't grown a TickleMe Plant yet, search TickleMe Plant to see a video of the plant and get your supplies. Its the only houseplant that moves when you tickle it.

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I am interested in knowing how significant the support structure changes would be to enable your builds roof to support enough soil depth for a more traditional " Kitchen Garden " ? I live in Northern Michigan ( TC ) with a climate very similar to yours. An elevated garden eliminates some of the " pest " control issues.

It would be fun to see ideas for adding irrigation from a gravity fed ( watertower ? ) source. Possbly supplied by wind pump or rain collection. Automation is a wonderful thing and mother nature invented it balancing vegetations needs against available resources.

How are you heating the house ?

Being in the Real Estate industry I am constantly surrounded by talk of the "green movement". This of course is really cool!
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Sure, the green actions are imperative to implement! The problem of environmental protection does make us headache. Propaganda is not enough. We should make some contribution to the green dreams in our minds. For example to advocate green consumption, to promote the green industry, construction and eco-home. The idea of installing a rooftop garden here is constructive and creative. I would like to have a try and am looking forward to March issue.
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Reading all this makes me want to go and put a vertical garden on the top of my apartment building. It seems like a smart way to go green, but it’s probably really time consuming as well as expensive too.

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The concept of green roofing is so fascinating, but in realistically, it can be very expensive. Personally, when greening my home I prefer to use polyurethane foam insulation. It’s so much greener than fiberglass and much cheaper than green roofing.

Reading all this makes me want to go and put a vertical garden on the top of my apartment building. It seems like a smart way to go green, but it’s probably really time consuming as well as expensive too.
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لأولئك منكم العمل مع الاطفال والرغبة في الحصول عليها متحمسون النباتات والبستنة ، ويكون لهم زراعة النباتات الدغدغة لي قبل تثبيت الحديقة الخاصة بك سقف أعلى. وهذا هو المصنع الذي سيغلق أوراقها وأغصانها أقل عندما مدغدغ. وقد وجدت مدرستنا أنها طريقة رائعة لإثارة الاطفال عن الطبيعة. إذا لم تكن قد نمت وأنا الدغدغة النبات حتى الآن ، والبحث دغدغة النبات لرؤية شريط فيديو للمصنع والحصول على اللوازم الخاصة بك. في محطة البيت الوحيد الذي يتحرك عند دغدغة ذلك.
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Läst allt detta gör att jag vill gå och lägga en vertikal trädgård på toppen av min lägenhet byggnad. Det verkar vara en smart väg att gå grönt, men det är nog riktigt tidskrävande och dyrt också.

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Pour ceux d'entre vous travailler avec les enfants et le désir de les enthousiasmer sur les plantes et le jardinage, les faire pousser une plante TickleMe avant d'installer votre jardin sur le toit. C'est l'usine qui fermera ses feuilles et ses branches inférieures lorsque chatouillait. Notre école (k-12) a trouvé un excellent moyen pour exciter les enfants sur la nature. Si vous n'avez pas cultivé une usine TickleMe encore, de recherche TickleMe usine pour voir une vidéo de l'usine et obtenir vos fournitures. C'est la plante d'intérieur que ce qui bouge lorsque vous chatouiller.

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Vorrei anche prendere in considerazione l'installazione di un altro strato di fail-safe sotto l'impermeabilizzazione nel caso in cui l'impermeabilizzazione non riesce. Una sorta di una ghiotta avrebbe funzionato. L'ultimo che si vorrebbe è un danno acqua alla superficie abitabile di seguito. Ma meraviglioso design - buon lavoro

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