Rooftop Gardens
(Intensive)
Elevate the Everyday: Rooftop Gardens That Redefine Space
Bring beauty, utility, and sustainability to the top of your building.
Rooftop gardens transform the often-overlooked “fifth wall” of a building into a vibrant, functional landscape. These elevated green spaces offer a park-like atmosphere in dense urban environments, blending nature with architecture to create accessible amenities for building occupants. Designed with intensive modules and thoughtful hardscape, they bring the experience of ground-level landscaping to the skyline.
Design Elements
- Built around 8 inch intensive GreenGrid® modules.
- Incorporates planters for trees and shrubs, turf (natural or artificial), and diverse hardscape options (pavers, decking, stone).
- Supports permanent, multi-zoned irrigation systems.
- Designed to meet ADA compliance and structural load requirements (60–100+ lbs/sf).
- Allows for food production and multi-use occupant spaces.
- Includes lighting, seating, and varied plant heights for spatial design.
Performance Outcomes
- Creates accessible green spaces in dense urban environments.
- Enhances occupant experience with nature-rich amenities.
- Increases property value and rental appeal.
- Supports sustainability through stormwater management and urban greening.
- Offers design flexibility for unique rooftop environments.
- Enables year-round use with proper maintenance and planning.
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Intensive Product Details Maximum Depth Modules – 8 in |
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| Module Size | 2 ft x 2 ft x 8 in |
| Weight | Approximately 52 to 58 lb/sf fully vegetative at maximum water-holding capacity. |
| Uses | Intended for rooftop garden applications or for functional and/or designed vegetative green roof applications where the additional loading is required to protect against wind loads. Excellent tool for managing stormwater and integrates well into new or existing buildings where there’s substantial structural support. |
| Plants | Succulent ground covers, conventional perennials and grasses, native forbs and grasses. When irrigated, this pallet of plant material increases. |
Rooftop Garden vegetative systems resemble other grade-level garden spaces, like an elevated park, which incorporates hardscape, lighting, and trees, and is typically accessible to building occupants or the public.
