Rooftop Garden Roof Garden Detail

Green roofs are usually created for economic and environmental benefits and cover the whole roof area.

Rooftop garden roof garden detail.

Roof garden construction can be done by three methods. The roof garden waterproofing assemblies will incorporate membranes from 90 mil epdm and 80 mil tpo in deep garden applications to 60 mil material for the shallow garden assembly for standard 10 or 15 year warranties. Roof gardens are a little bit different from green roofs in the sense that roof gardens are generally created for entertainment and recreational activities and to create an outdoor living space for people living in the building. Depending upon which type of roof garden you choose to build it can be made to bear six pounds to 20 pounds.

First method is to make a container garden on terrace second one is to make a lot of raised beds to grow plants either permanent made of concrete or wooden. A roof terrace garden design could be made with three to five inches of roof. In densely populated urban areas of the cities even having a small rooftop or patio is such a boon. Root barriers must be incorporated as part of the deep and medium depth garden assemblies.

Roof garden vegetation carlisle s sedums and other vegetation are available for any location and offer nearly 100 vegetative coverage upon installation. The last and third method is to make your whole roof or some selected part a vegetation ground like a regular garden.