What is a rooftop garden?

While setting up the technical side of rooftopgarden.com, I was talking to a web guy and he had no idea what a rooftop garden was. He actually asked me, what is this company, rooftopgarden.com, what is a rooftop garden? It really hit me. Wow, I thought everyone really knew what a rooftop garden was.  Then I realized, duh, no they don’t. That is the purpose of rooftopgarden.com. The entire reason I reserved the domain name 10 years ago was for that exact reason. Nobody really knew or understood what a rooftop garden was except for those in close circles with Mayor Daley, or the Department of Environment folks or my dear friend Bernice and my awesome husband John. Actually, I am kidding. There are many experts out there who have extensive knowledge of the subject. Hopefully you will get to meet some of those experts as they participate in this blog and the development of the rooftop garden database. 

I basically combined two of my interests, technology and gardening. By coupling these diverse subjects I came to realize that there needed to be a central place on the web where those with rooftop gardens can list their garden and provide details that many building managers, architects and developers would want to learn from. The intent was a free place to list out the pertinent facts about the rooftop greening project and provide a networking opportunity for those involved in the industry.  Since forming the group Rooftop Gardening on www.LinkedIn.com, we have been able to collaborate with so many that are experts and enthusiasts all willing to contribute to the various fields listed in the database. Please share the link to the database to anyone you know with a rooftop garden. We truly want to help others find information easily and readily through the web. Click here to access the database: http://www.rooftopgarden.com/database.html.

Thanks for reading,

~Linda
LDay@rooftopgarden.com