Shops, restaurants and farmer's markets abound within walking distance of your EYA home. But even with all those fantastic options, there's something superbly convenient about having a small rooftop garden at your home when you're partaking on a culinary adventure.
Love & Carrots created this beautiful rooftop container garden in the District. They offer planning, design, installation and maintenance services.Washington favorite, Love & Carrots, a home organic vegetable gardening company, does not only specialize in urban farming in people’s backyards, but also rooftops. The company has constructed and actively maintains numerous roof deck gardens throughout the area. With the open skies and beaming sunlight of a wide-open roof, their roof top gardens have become some of their most successful!
Love & Carrots' rooftop gardens are done in a combination of pots, containers, troughs, and most recently, kiddie pools. Depending on the aesthetic preference of the client and the weight capacity of the space, they can use a variety of different containers and trellising. They fill the containers with a special soil mixture, which is a combination of peat moss, sand, and compost that will give your vegetables the healthy environment they need. Love & Carrots then adds drip irrigation systems, which conserve much more water than sprinkler systems or even watering with a hose.
Rooftop gardens quickly turn into an edible paradise with vining sweet potatoes and climbing beans, which they will trellis according to your space, perhaps on railings of an EYA townhouse. Growing your food out of containers as opposed to beds has proven to be equally as successful and quite the visual experience. If you're a busy traveler, Love & Carrots can also help with watering, maintenance and more.
To explore the possibilities of your space and start gathering ideas for which veggies you may want to grow, check out their website at www.loveandcarrots.com.