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Rooftop Gardens: Creating your own
Admittedly, I've been thinking about rooftop gardens for awhile- I'm on the 3rd story of a building with a fire escape onto the roof of the second-story only part of the same building. Its pretty neat- and I've walked around it, looked at it, and thought multiple times "wow, I should really plant some stuff here!"
I found out that my city (chicago) has a rooftop planning guide. WOW!
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemActio...
Unfortunately, I have to find somebody to check out the structural support of the building- or it isn't in code and I could be fined :( Also, it tells you the load that the roof can take. This city is known for that kind of thing. bah.
There are some considerations to think about when planning a rooftop garden:
1) where you live
2) protective layer for the roof
3) drainage
4) Access
5) Fire escape/ fire-code issues (like my roof is a fire escape, so I'd have to make sure walkways were wide enough and unobstructed ).
Also I found some other sites that may be of interest to people:
http://www.rooftopgarden.com/
http://www.cityfarmer.org/rooftop59.html
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/urban/creating-your-own-rooftop-gar...
And I posted a few pictures here:
http://www.urgentevoke.com/photo/albums/rooftop-gardens
I found out that my city (chicago) has a rooftop planning guide. WOW!
http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemActio...
Unfortunately, I have to find somebody to check out the structural support of the building- or it isn't in code and I could be fined :( Also, it tells you the load that the roof can take. This city is known for that kind of thing. bah.
There are some considerations to think about when planning a rooftop garden:
1) where you live
2) protective layer for the roof
3) drainage
4) Access
5) Fire escape/ fire-code issues (like my roof is a fire escape, so I'd have to make sure walkways were wide enough and unobstructed ).
Also I found some other sites that may be of interest to people:
http://www.rooftopgarden.com/
http://www.cityfarmer.org/rooftop59.html
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/urban/creating-your-own-rooftop-gar...
And I posted a few pictures here:
http://www.urgentevoke.com/photo/albums/rooftop-gardens
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Comment by Jenn on March 7, 2010 at 3:13am
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Hi Crystal! I put a link to your post where some folks were talking about sustenance gardening here: http://www.urgentevoke.com/video/a-300-year-old-food-forest-in?xg_s.... Thanks for sharing the planning guide. I wonder if other cities have this as well. This was a super helpful post. I especially like how it features information on how-to move forward. I'd be very interested to continue hearing about your next steps. :)
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Comment by Crystal Bellar on March 7, 2010 at 3:32am
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When I was reading through information, some countries like Sweden and Germany have requirements that there be so much rooftop gardening, because of its benefits. I bet there is alot of information surrounding city growth in cities there. I'm unsure about US cities though,
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Great to know, thanks. I'll look into that. :)
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Comment by John D. Boyden on March 7, 2010 at 5:33pm
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+1 Knowledge share. Excellent post! Structural support and other issues can be critical in urban areas. Collapsing buildings would certainly be unpleasant to say the least!
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Comment by Paul Houcek on March 8, 2010 at 7:55pm
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Hi Chrystal, you can join my blog at http://www.rooftopgardeningblog.com to learn about roof top gardening. I too am in Chicago and enjoy my rooftop garden and am anxious to hear about your progress. I hope you get a chance to go to the Home and Garden show at Navy Pier. There are great venues that high light roof top gardening. Paul
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Comment by Nick Heyming on March 8, 2010 at 8:01pm
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Good stuff! If my roof wasn't slanted as heck, I'd have a garden on it already...
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Comment by Elastika on March 12, 2010 at 5:03pm
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These are also my plans in the near future. I have a small house with flat roof :)
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