Green rooftop garden

Living Roofs Inc. has experience installing green roofs on a variety of project sizes; from small garden sheds to large commercial buildings.

Image 5 of 25 from gallery of Tribeca La Chapelle / Arte Charpentier. Photograph by Boegly + Grazia

I was off today but was thankfully able to "get my fix" at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, WI. All the images here are from their rooftop garden which was 25,000 square feet of dynamite. I knew it was there and remember hearing when it was first constructed. I saw it from above first (photo above) and then descended two stories, opened the access door to the garden and meandered. It's old news that patients recovering in rooms with a view such as this recover significantly faster than those…

Easy Glass railing system for rooftop garden

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The rooftop garden at Green Wise headquarters is the first project outside of the United States to achieve SITES certification. Built on a concrete-floored roof, the urban garden is separated into two levels that are spread over the city line of Tokyo’s Tama district. Overlooking the busy Tama station area from its hilltop location, the garden is home to a myriad of different species of birds and insects. Featuring a selection of perennial flowers and native trees, managed under in-house…

There’s something so beautiful and enticing about a roof garden — a little oasis in the middle of the city, a little spot of green in the midst of the concrete jungle. We’ve rounded up ten enticing examples, from New York to Belgium, to inspire your own plantings, or maybe just your envy. This enormous rooftop terrace in Chelsea features multiple levels of plantings. From Sotheby’s, via Honestly WTF.

Proposal aims to mitigate urban heat island effect.

Read our 10 top tips for building a roof garden using beds or planters, from designer Julie Farris. (And see her own roof garden in Brooklyn, New York.)

United States, June 2013