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Designing a rooftop garden before buying the containers

Designing a rooftop garden before buying the containers

The most important rooftop garden decisions happen before the first planter is purchased. A roof is not a patio that happens to be higher. It has load limits, drainage paths, waterproofing, wind exposure, access issues, and safety edges. Design begins with those facts, then moves toward plants. That order can feel frustrating when herbs, grasses, and flowering perennials are the…

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