Green Roof Vegetable Garden

Intensive green roofs are rooftop gardens where trees shrubs and herbaceous plants are grown.

Green roof vegetable garden.

Like any garden green roofs can achieve multiple purposes. If you re considering a rooftop garden there are a couple of directions you could go in. Producing fresh leafy vegetables for the university community is an added bonus. A wall sign provides details about the green roof garden and other urban agriculture sites around campus.

Green roof accessible rooftops make excellent spaces for growing plants herbs and vegetables. Extensive green roofs are not well suited to vegetables and herbs because the growing medium is very shallow. For example the university of california at berkley recommends a soil depth of 9 to 12 inches for shallow rooted vegetables like beets lettuce onions and spinach. Green roof garden designs are usually one of two types.

Fully planted green roofs where the roof is covered with soil and the plants are in the ground make great environmental sense but they are too difficult for homeowners to undertake on their own. Due to their comparative height with other buildings and trees they tend not to be in the shadows during any time of the day and therefore vegetables benefit from maximum levels of sunlight. Photo by ed brennen macayla cote of mill city grows helps transfer vegetables to growing containers at the new green roof garden at university crossing. Since 2007 a rotating cast of professors students and volunteers have planted and maintained a flourishing fruit and vegetable garden.

Green roofs are rooftops equipped to grow gardens. They also make efficient use of rainwater. Rooftop gardens are oftentimes public spaces usually have specialized irrigation systems and may incorporate courtyards. Ozone damages local crops such as corn beans and wheat arthur 2005 the rooftop garden has a depth of 18 inches of media which produces vegetables such as artichoke sweet potatoes squash kale beets carrots radishes broccoli peppers zucchini beans turnips eggplants melons pumpkins and ground cherries.