Roof Garden Info needed

[jayinhongkong]

Very informative response there, Brom. Bamboo is a good suggestion. Drip irrigation isn't necessary if you don't mind using a hose; lots of rooftops in HK do have taps/faucets. People here love to use Chinese clay pots, sometimes with ornate decoration.

[abcdefghi]

I used to have a fine collection of 'dragon pots' when I still had a garden. You should have seen my Japanese maple ... One problem with them is their tendency to fall over in high winds. Manual watering is an option (I like doing it), but on a sunny, windy roof it has to be done daily. With a drip hose, you can forget about it.

To keep the weight down, mix 'beanbag stuffing' (little loose expanded polystyrene balls) with the compost. To keep the compost moist, always use a mulch: light-coloured gravel is ideal, it won't blow away, reduces heat gain, and it looks good.

[cinnamon]

To my knowledge, the Hong Kong B.O.O. (Building Ordinance Office) requires written application on any thing higher than 1.2 Meter (4 ft) to be constructed on any building.
I have now moved into a village house with roof and I am building my "Sun block Screen" mounted on wires supported by three A Beams. I just start constructing the sun shade for my garden and am prepared to post my garden onto a webpage upon finish. I will keep you post on my progress and also happy to share with you my experience.
The Hot Summer sun make it real tough to build my roof garden.
Octo

thanks for info
How is your roof and shade going?
We have been decking the roof and have decided to go with a temporary weather shade on the roof
We plan to attach some kind of bracket to the walls of the roof that will allow us to slip 4 poles in place and string some fabric between them
Not my ideal
I would love to have something more permanant but the winds from the last typhoon scared me off a bit!
We had even planned to get a sunshade made in Australia and attach it to the walls of the side of the roof
But a friend told me that he once strung a hammock off the walls on his roof and the walls collapsed sending some bricks down to the street below! So this makes me wonder about the strength of the walls.
love to see some pics of what you or anyone has done for a sunshade

[Octo]

I have put up the poles and the wires and it stands the August 3 typhoon (wind speed 50miles/hour in my area) . On August 12, I put the shades on. I used two layers of 30% filtering sun screen, so I got 51% percent sun blokced out in theory. So, plants beneth should feel comfortable now. I am going to move my plants next week and start my Roof Garden.
My design enables user to roll the sun block net up and can be tie up with rope incase of strong wind. When the next typhon coming to HK, I will know how good it is and let you know. Guess it only takes me three minutes to roll up and tie one shade. Please find attahced photo of my sun shade. It is my first desgin and sSuggestions welcome.
In my plan I am going to to put a hammock on my roof. And I have brought one from Ikea already. Now my another task is to make sure I wouldn't pull down the wall and throw the bricks onto the street. thanks for your inforamtion. Ha, ha!
For the flowers, I found "Pensy" is quite hardy in windy enviorment but inscets in my area like "Pensy" a lot. She may survie in a city roof as there would not be so many insects in town.
All the best!
Octo

[Octo]

I have put up the poles and the wires and it stands the August 3 typhoon (wind speed 50miles/hour in my area) . On August 12, I put the shades on. I used two layers of 30% filtering sun screen, so I got 51% percent sun blokced out in theory. So, plants beneth should feel comfortable now. I am going to move my plants next week and start my Roof Garden.
My design enables user to roll the sun block net up and can be tie up with rope incase of strong wind. When the next typhon coming to HK, I will know how good it is and let you know. Guess it only takes me three minutes to roll up and tie one shade. Please find attahced photo of my sun shade. It is my first desgin and sSuggestions welcome.
In my plan I am going to to put a hammock on my roof. And I have brought one from Ikea already. Now my another task is to make sure I wouldn't pull down the wall and throw the bricks onto the street. thanks for your inforamtion. Ha, ha!
For the flowers, I found "Pensy" is quite hardy in windy enviorment but inscets in my area like "Pensy" a lot. She may survie in a city roof as there would not be so many insects in town.
All the best!
Octo