• Rooftop gardens are intensive green roofs that have a media depth of 8 to 14 inches.

• Rooftop gardens are truly “landscaping the roof” and frequently offer accessible amenity space along with lush vegetation.

• This system supports luscious greener with a wide variety of plants including shrubs & even smaller specimen trees.

ROOFTOP GARDENS

SOIL SYSTEM OVERVIEW

ROOFTOP GARDENS

rooflite® intensive

rooflite® separation fabric

rooflite® drain

An engineered growth media that has optimized performance characteristics for intensive green roofs, rooftop gardens, container gardens and planters.

A root permeable fabric used to separate the growth media from the drainage layer.*

Granular lightweight aggregate that creates a natural root environment and can be used as an alternative to a synthetic drainage layer. It can also be used as a bedding layer when pavers or patios are specified.*

rooflite®separation fabric

rooflite® drain

rooflite® intensive

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FOR ILLUSTRATION ONLY. DO NOT USE FOR CONSTRUCTION; ONLY INTENDED FOR PLANNING PURPOSES; NOT TO SCALE. FOR FULL DRAWINGS, VISIT ROOFLITESOIL.COM.*ROOFLITE® GROWTH MEDIA CAN ALSO BE USED IN COMBINATION WITH DRAIN & FILTER PRODUCTS SUPPLIED BY OTHERS

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