A garden can weigh more than you might think due primarily to the amount of soil being used and the soil’s ability to retain water. Most roof structures are only designed for snow and rain loads, not to support the… Continue Reading
Before putting several hundred pounds of planters, soil, and plants on a roof deck, you will want to check that you can do so safely and learn about any regulations that might come into play if you consider making things… Continue Reading
Although green roof gardens help moderate inside temperature, manage stormwater runoff, improve air quality, and have many other benefits, we wanted our green roof garden to go farther. We want our smart green roof deck to be online and join… Continue Reading
In order to make the roof deck garden “smart”, we need to incorporate sensors for several reasons. To automate watering with the irrigation system, we need to be able to sense soil moisture To understand if we can use zone-related… Continue Reading
In order to make the smart roof deck garden as low maintenance as possible, we wanted to automate the watering process in some way by creating an irrigation system. With a little research we found many options: water the… Continue Reading