Roof garden

For the song by Al Jarreau, see Breakin' Away (album).

Flat rooftop with greenery and a small rectangular pool
Roof garden of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan
Sky garden at 20 Fenchurch Street in the historic City of London financial district

A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors[1] for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and in large scale it may even have ecological benefits.[2] The practice of cultivating food on the rooftop of buildings is sometimes referred to as rooftop farming.[3] Rooftop farming is usually done using green roof, hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens.[4]

The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba.
  1. ^ Louise Lundberg Scandinavian Green Roof Institute (2009). "The benefits of Rooftop Gardens" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 November 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2014. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ "8 Best Ideas Building a Rooftop Garden". Blogdir.com. 17 October 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  3. ^ "World's Largest Rooftop Farm Documents Incredible Growth High Above Brooklyn". The Huffington Post. 12 February 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ^ Michelle Nowak (May 2004). "Urban Agriculture on the Rooftop". City Farmer, Canada's Office of Urban Agriculture. Retrieved 12 March 2014.