Roof Garden The Barometer modernity

Abroad, has developed a design roof garden variety, and a trend for tall buildings. The buildings are grass-covered roof is a sign of modernity as an urban design.

The proliferation function of roof garden is not only a mere sweetener, which is important as an active park that contain the activities you and your family. Is just to chat, play, or entertainment such as meals, barbecue and parties. The shape can vary covered with plants or only locally only. Most importantly, roof garden you have to shade in order to be used at any time.

Roof garden design steps:

1. Be sure not withstand the burden of soil / growing media, plants, garden elements (benches, lights, gazebo, pergola) and utility (pipe drainage, installation of lighting & water) and human activities on it. You can reduce the burden of media structures using lighter planting gel-like mixture, coconut fiber, rod ferns, seaweed, and charcoal. Spread the mulch on top to reduce evaporation. Place a heavy plant, such as tree / large bush just above the column. Use of tree seedlings vegetative (cuttings, grafting) to take root fibers.
2. Plan your garden. We recommend that the shade-covered roof garden that can always be used and serves to reduce the heat the room below. Besides the tree, you can use the pergola, gazebo and canopy.
3. To reduce the heat, should not cover the surface with a material that can absorb heat like grass or rubber tile (rubber). Surface water of the pond or water garden can also be an option.
4. Planting media thickness varies from 20 cm (grass & border), shrubs 30-50 cm to 80 cm (bush / tree seedlings vegetative). To reduce the burden for the structure of a local planter, planter or plant urugan contours that require a thick planting media.
5. First Waterproofing treatment not given. Give pumice base / rock on it and then give Geo textile layer. Fill with planting medium is provided according to need and are ready to plant. After planting give rice husk mulch / bark. (iDEA)