Castleberry Hill Chronicle: Our Secret Gardens -- http://www.castleberryhill.org/chronicle/fall03.pdf
Article on the rooftop gardening activities in an Atlanta neighborhood. Includes photographs.
The Victory Garden: Rooftop Oasis -- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/victorygardens/ourgarden/roofdeck.html
Creation of a garden on a small Boston rooftop. Includes sketches, design considerations, and partial plant list.
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Making Your Roof Green -- http://www.naturemuseum.org/greenroof/planningaroof.html
Includes design considerations, construction with photographs of the museum garden's development, plants, tips, and links.
IDRC: Garden on Your Rooftop -- http://web.idrc.ca/es/ev-61191-201-1-do_topic.html
General advice for starting a rooftop garden.
Greenroofs.com: Greenroofs 101 -- http://www.greenroofs.com/greenroofs101/index.html
Includes FAQ, plant lists for Europe and the US, advantages and issues, and a bibliography.
Flower & Garden Magazine: Up On The Rooftop -- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1082/is_4_44/ai_63398200
Article by Keith Corlett with an emphasis on highscaping in New York City.
Sfgate.com: Rooftop Pleasures -- http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/05/25/rooftops.dtl
Guide to publicly accessible gardens in San Francisco.
Sunset: Heavens Above -- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_1997_spring/ai_56064850
Profiles of gardens in San Francisco and Seattle with a focus on containers.
Building a Rooftop Vegetable Garden -- http://edu.beelink.com.cn/20041012/1698105.shtml
Guide to building a simple container garden without soil.
Do It Yourself: Watering and Irrigation -- http://www.diynet.com/diy/sw_watering_irrigation/article/0,2029,diy_14372_2270534,00.html
How to customize a drip irrigation system for a rooftop garden.
Food Share: Rooftop Gardening -- http://www.foodshare.net/toolbox_roof01.htm
Includes introduction, garden types, considerations, soil, water, plants, containers, and links.
Old MacDonald Had a Penthouse -- http://archive.at.or.at/clippings/1999.08.12_roofgarden/
Article on rooftop vegetable gardens in New York City. Includes a slide show.
ELCA: History of Rooftop Gardening -- http://www.elca.org/dcs/environmental/history.html
Chicago vegetable garden started in 1993. Includes how to use plastic wading pools, tires, and feed sacks as containers.
Greeninstitute.org: Rooftop Gardens -- http://www.greeninstitute.org/gsp/programs/stormwater/rooftop.html
Photo galleries of gardens, and links.
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