In many countries has developed a roof garden designs in variety, and became a trend for tall buildings. The buildings whose roof covered in grass as modernity sign of an urban design.
The development function of a roof garden would not only mere sweeteners; the most important is as an active park that facilitates the activities and your family. The form was a variety can be completely closed of plants or only locally. Most importantly, your roof gardens have to be shady for use anytime.
Steps designed the roof garden:
- Be sure the roof is strong to hold the weight of planting media, plants, garden elements (benches, lights, gazebo, pergola) and utilities (drainage pipes, installation of lighting & water) and human activity on it. You can reduce the expense structure by using more lightweight planting media such as a mixture of gel, coconut husk, stem fern, sea grass, and charcoal. Spread the mulch on top to reduce evaporation. Place a heavy crop, such as tree/large bush just above the column. Use a tree from seedling vegetative (cuttings, grafting) for rooted fibers.
- Plan your garden. Should be covered roof garden can always be used for shady and to reduce heat room below. Besides the trees, you can use a pergola, gazebo and canopies.
- To reduce the heat, you should cover the roof surface with a material that can absorb heat like grass or rubber tile (rubber). Surface water such as swimming or water garden can also be an option.
- The thickness of the planting media varied from 20 cm (grass & border), shrubs 30-50 cm to 80 cm (shrub/tree seedling vegetative). To reduce the expense structure for the local planters/contours for plants that requires a thick planting media.
- First roof treated with waterproofing. Give basic pumice stone/rock then on it was given a layer of geotextile. Put with planting media that has been provided as needed and are ready to plant. After planting give rice husk mulch/bark.
