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Backyard Blitz: Garden Therapy

http://www.burkesbackyard.com.au/blitz/archives2/2001/ep_14_garden_therapy__2_september

Renovation of a rooftop in Australia, including materials and plants used.

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Building a Rooftop Vegetable Garden

http://edu.beelink.com.cn/20041012/1698105.shtml

Guide to building a simple container garden without soil.

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Castleberry Hill Chronicle: Our Secret Gardens

http://www.castleberryhill.org/chronicle/fall03.pdf

Article on the rooftop gardening activities in an Atlanta neighborhood. Includes photographs.

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Do It Yourself: Watering and Irrigation

http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/sw_watering_irrigation/article/0,2029,DIY_14372_2270534,00.html

How to customize a drip irrigation system for a rooftop garden.

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ELCA: History of Rooftop Gardening

http://www.elca.org/dcs/Environmental/history.html

Chicago vegetable garden started in 1993. Includes how to use plastic wading pools, tires, and feed sacks as containers.

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Flower & Garden Magazine: Up On The Rooftop

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1082/is_4_44/ai_63398200

Article by Keith Corlett with an emphasis on highscaping in New York City.

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Food Share: Rooftop Gardening

http://www.foodshare.net/toolbox_roof01.htm

Includes introduction, garden types, considerations, soil, water, plants, containers, and links.

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Greenroofs.com: Greenroofs 101

http://www.greenroofs.com/Greenroofs101/index.html

Includes FAQ, plant lists for Europe and the US, advantages and issues, and a bibliography.

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IDRC: Garden on Your Rooftop

http://www.idrc.ca/es/ev-61191-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html

General advice for starting a rooftop garden.

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Old MacDonald Had a Penthouse

http://archive.at.or.at/clippings/1999.08.12_roofgarden/

Article on rooftop vegetable gardens in New York City. Includes a slide show.

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Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum: Making Your Roof Green

http://www.naturemuseum.org/greenroof/planningaroof.html

Includes design considerations, construction with photographs of the museum garden's development, plants, tips, and links.

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Sfgate.com: Rooftop Pleasures

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2002/05/25/rooftops.DTL

Guide to publicly accessible gardens in San Francisco.

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Sunset: Heavens Above

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1216/is_1997_Spring/ai_56064850

Profiles of gardens in San Francisco and Seattle with a focus on containers.

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The Victory Garden: Rooftop Oasis

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/victorygarden/victorygardens/ourgarden/roofdeck.html

Creation of a garden on a small Boston rooftop. Includes sketches, design considerations, and partial plant list.

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