But the making process of a raised bed garden on the roof is a little bit different from a conventionally raised bed garden.
Roof top vegetable bedding.
Containers are perfect for rooftop gardens because they are light portable flexible and affordable.
It s no fun lugging tools fertilizers and soil up to the roof every time you want to garden.
Raised bed method.
Making a raised bed vegetable garden on the roof is more flexible than a container based garden.
In this example i filled my raised garden bed practically.
It should hold enough soil for root growth.
The easiest and most personal approach to rooftop gardening is the use of containers and raised beds.
Urban dwellers everywhere can enjoy fresh food flowers and keep flat roofs cooler too.
These vegetable beds are enough to improve water drainage.
The beds have to be at least 10 inches deep.
It is suitable for any edible garden on the roofs.
In fact rooftop gardens help reduce the heat island that urban areas experience.
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.
1 you can create any style of rooftop garden with container grown plants from a few simple herb plants to a formal elegant potager.
Simply stack and link the blocks with 2 x 6 wooden boards.
Rooftop beds and containers will dry out quickly and may need to be watered daily during the hottest parts of summer.
Roof garden construction can be done by three methods.
Even 6 to 8 inches can be enough.
The beds do not have to be very high off the ground to get the benefits from being in a raised bed.
Raised bed gardening means growing plants in soil that is higher than the ground.
Rooftop gardens allow for homegrown veggies and flower gardens in that often unused space.
Using a raised bed for growing vegetables allows you to control the soil quality and prevent it from becoming compacted.
They can be designed to grow to produce provide play space give shade and shelter or be there as a living green area.
In just 30 minutes you can have your garden built just add soil or mulch and you are ready to start planting.
This functional wall block allows you to easily create a raised garden bed border or even outdoor furniture.
In this video i show how you can fill a raised vegetable garden bed and save money on soil costs.
A guide to rooftop vegetable gardening design layout.
Raised bed gardening on rooftop.
If you want to avoid hurting your back place the bed on stilts.
Here you get enough room to decorate your garden the way you want it.
Rooftop gardens are man made green spaces on the highest levels of industrial commercial and residential structures.
Look for storage space.