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Garden Design

How to plan, build & plant a roof garden

Marianne Cannon

Marianne Cannon

August 10, 2015

In this series on rooftop gardens, I’m talking with landscape designer Christopher Owen about how you plan a rooftop garden in all sorts of locations, from a large garden on top of an apartment block to a small garage rooftop.

Roof garden designed by Peter Nixon

Roof garden designed by Peter Nixon

1. Planning  

 

Roof garden designed by Mark Paul

Roof garden designed by Mark Paul

2. Materials and plant selection

 

Roof garden designed by Adam Robinson

Roof garden designed by Adam Robinson

3. Roof garden design elements

Roof garden at Burnley Campus, University of Melbourne

Roof garden at Burnley Campus, University of Melbourne. Designed by a joint project between HASSELL and University’s Green Infrastructure Research Group.

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