Is your morning as boring as your gray rooftop? Let’s take you into an imaginary dreamland for a while. Imagine a morning that starts with holding a cup of coffee accompanied by a gentle breeze of fresh air from your green rooftop! As you step onto your rooftop, you can hear the calming rustles of miniature trees and enjoy a vibrant dance of butterflies. While looking around, the vibrant colors of different flowers soothe your eyes and the greeny atmosphere makes your eyes glued to see only the beauty of your surroundings. How does it feel in your dreamland? Nothing less than a relaxing adventure, right?
Now, Let’s land into reality! In reality, the rooftop of your building is just the opposite of what you’ve been dreaming of until now, right? Your heart must want to stay in that imagination for some more time. But do you know you can turn your imagination into reality by creating a slice of nature right over your head? If not, then you’ll get to know through this blog.
Rooftop gardening, a rebellion against monotony, is reigning in the hearts and minds of plant enthusiasts nowadays. It will be a fascinating idea for you to replace the view of your gray rooftop with a greenery one if you’re fond of gardening. Through rooftop gardening, you can transform a dull space into a mesmerizing green oasis where you can freshen up your mind and heart. Your rooftop garden can work as an insulating blanket, making your building cooler in the summer and warmer in the winter. All you need to do is to check the rooftop strength, and sun exposure, and install a waterproof membrane for making a sustainable rooftop garden.
There are countless benefits you can derive from rooftop gardening. Among them, some of the note-worthy benefits are highlighted in the following:
Focus and Mindfulness
Gardening can be a useful medium to enhance concentration. When you’ve indulged in gardening, your concentration has to be centered on planting, watering, and weeding the plants. Sometimes, you also need to observe the growth of your plants. It feels like you are nourishing and taking care of your child and for that, you have to be very focused on what you’re doing. Moreover, the natural greenery of your rooftop can provide your eyes a much-needed break from the screen, allowing them to refocus on anything.
Biophilia and Reduced Stress
Biophilia is a term used to denote an inherent connection with nature. The beauty of nature right over your head can make you feel tranquil on your rooftop paradise. It will work like magic for you as every morning you’ll get to rejuvenate your energy and mood with an overwhelming view of your rooftop, thus releasing your mood-boosting hormones and reducing your stress hormones.
Personal Sanctuary
If you are tired of your hectic schedule and want to get recharged mentally, then your rooftop paradise can help you with that. In the personal sanctuary, you can do whatever you feel like doing. You can read your favorite book, meditate, or enjoy the ecstatic greenery sight of your garden to make yourself more calm and relaxed.
Fostering Creativity
Being surrounded by nature is indeed helpful in sparking creativity within you. The esthetic sight of your rooftop will act like a natural medicine that works for enhancing creativity. So, your serene paradise will bring out the inner creative soul hiding within you.
Having a Sense of Accomplishment
Assume your rooftop garden as your child and nourish that child-like garden with utmost care and affection so that every plant blooms fascinatingly! You will certainly feel a sense of accomplishment at that time.
Therefore, you should not be in any doubt while materializing your dream. If you want to recharge your mind daily with more positive energy and fresh air, rooftop gardening can be the most powerful medicine for you!
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Writer,
Taspia Taher Faiza
Intern, Content Writing Department
YSSE