The idea of having a roof garden in your house can be very appealing. The terrace can be made use of properly and friends and family can get together and enjoy the ambience of a garden without having to leave the house. One can bring forth one’s gardening skills into focus and create congenial atmosphere on the roof.

Green roofs are very popular and fashionable. The visual and aesthetic impact is superb, and life of the roof can be prolonged. It reduces heat loss in winter and heat gain in summer, and can reduce water runoff. The unused space can be put to good use and can be a habitat for birds and butterflies.

The roof garden can be used for recreational and dinning purposes.  One can relax in the garden roof, in the natural surroundings of birds and bees and beautiful plants.  The roof need not just be a place for recreation and wining and dining.  One can paint as well as read a nice book and pursue any other creative art.  It can be place, which can bring out the best in you.

The roof garden requires proper drainage system and intense sunlight. Also one can have raised beds, red cedar deck, sandstone, artificial grass and irrigated planting.

Advantages Of A Roof Garden

• Promotes bio diversity
• Producing food and other plants
• Reduces urban heat islands. Cool air prevails around during the summer
• Supply of organic waste recycling via composting
• Increases thermal and noise insulation of buildings
• Makes better use of additional space available
• One can indulge in gardening hobbies
• Children can play indoor games like chess etc

A roof garden is worth having around the house.  It is a good investment. It can be a place of creativity, fun and relaxation.  A place worth spending time.