A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats or corridors for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and in large scale it may even have ecological benefits. The practice of cultivating food on the rooftop of buildings is sometimes referred to as rooftop farming. Rooftop farming is usually done using green roof, hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens.
Roof garden of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan
Sky garden at 20 Fenchurch Street in the historic City of London financial district
The roof terrace of the Casa Grande hotel in Santiago de Cuba.
View of ACROS Fukuoka designed by architect Emilio Ambasz.
A roof is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. A roof is part of the building envelope.
Terminology of some roof parts
The roof of a library in Sweden
Roofs in the central of Ystad 2022.
Slate, Jersey