Old MacDonald Had a Penthouse
Article on rooftop vegetable gardens in New York City. Includes a slide show.
Building a Rooftop Vegetable Garden
Guide to building a simple container garden without soil.
Backyard Blitz: Garden Therapy
Renovation of a rooftop in Australia, including materials and plants used.
Castleberry Hill Chronicle: Our Secret Gardens
Article on the rooftop gardening activities in an Atlanta neighborhood. Includes photographs.
Do It Yourself: Watering and Irrigation
How to customize a drip irrigation system for a rooftop garden.
ELCA: History of Rooftop Gardening
Chicago vegetable garden started in 1993. Includes how to use plastic wading pools, tires, and feed sacks as containers.
Flower & Garden Magazine: Up On The Rooftop
Article by Keith Corlett with an emphasis on highscaping in New York City.
Sunset: Heavens Above
Profiles of gardens in San Francisco and Seattle with a focus on containers.
Food Share: Rooftop Gardening
Includes introduction, garden types, considerations, soil, water, plants, containers, and links.
Greenroofs.com: Greenroofs 101
Includes FAQ, plant lists for Europe and the US, advantages and issues, and a bibliography.
IDRC: Garden on Your Rooftop
General advice for starting a rooftop garden.
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Making Your Roof Green
Includes design considerations, construction with photographs of the museum garden's development, plants, tips, and links.
The Victory Garden: Rooftop Oasis
Creation of a garden on a small Boston rooftop. Includes sketches, design considerations, and partial plant list.
Sfgate.com: Rooftop Pleasures
Guide to publicly accessible gardens in San Francisco.
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