Starting the 2011 Rooftop Garden

Jennifer Wright

It's nearly April and we're getting started on planning the second rooftop garden season. Last year was a good start but this year we want to get more vegetables and larger quantities of herbs. The rain barrels worked well but we'd like to get a more simple watering system.

We stopped by Uncommon Ground on Devon to talk to Dave who oversees their rooftop garden.  He suggested we look in to sub-irrigated containers.  Doing some research, came across Green Roof Growers blog, a great resource on how to build the containers and other ways to successfully garden on a city roof.  Chuck's figuring out how to build the planters.

Took some pictures of where things are at.  Can't wait to get started.... waiting for it to get above 30 degrees... 

Rooftop Area

Dogs checking out herb containers