Rooftop Gardening Stories

Tiny stories of growth, resilience, and quiet victories above the city.

The Rooftop Urban Gardener

From micro-gardens to fruit trees swaying in the wind, Rooftop Gardening Stories celebrate growth, resilience, and the quiet art of nurturing life above the city.

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Rooftop Gardening Stories

By the Book… Not – 1st Rule of Rooftop Urban Gardening

assume you’re working in soil, on the ground. Rooftop gardening is a different beast entirely. Up here, nothing plays by...

The First Fall

After that first hopeful day in which I came home with my six little pioneers - rosemary, mint, parsley, thyme...

The First Seed

after I moved to the city centre and losing my garden, an itch to grow something hit me. The night view from inside was...

What My Rooftop Garden Gives Me (Besides a Water Bill)

gave me an escape — not only from the world outside, but also from the one inside my head. When I’m stuck, irritated, or...

He said I needed to get out more… so I went to the terrace.

he wasn’t wrong. I spend too much time indoors—books, screens, overthinking. But up here on the rooftop, it’s different...

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