One of my favorite resources for learning about roof gardens is the book Roof Gardens: History, Design and Construction, by Theodore Osmundson, FASLA. It is published by W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. Osmundson worked for many years as a landscape architect in San Francisco, and designed the three-acre roof garden for the Kaiser Center in Oakland, California. He is considered an expert and pioneer on roof gardens.
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| A great resource for learning about roof gardens all over the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area |
The book documents roof gardens of all types, provides history, and includes practical information about construction materials and techniques. Many of the projects described are for large public spaces that are roof gardens for hotels, shopping plazas, and parking structures to name a few. Examples include The Westin St. Francis, Yerba Buena Gardens, and Portsmouth, Union and Ghirardelli Square in San Francisco.
The book is a source of inspiration for transforming roof tops into habitat for people or creatures. Some of the same principles could be applied, on a smaller scale, to apartments and homes – providing roof or hanging gardens for their inhabitants.
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