Why should you consider a rooftop garden?

* Increase access to private outdoor green space within the urban environment
* Support urban food production
* Promote individual, community, and cultural diversity
* Improve air quality and reduce CO2 missions
* Delay stormwater runoff
* Increase habitat for birds
* Insulate buildings
* Increase the value of buildings for owners and tenants alike
* Create job opportunities in the field of research, design, construction, Iandscaping, gardening, health, and food production

You are lucky to live in Boston - I think Boston is a great "green-friendly" progressive city. I have heard a lot about their community gardens - but I did not know that they were short on land. Hopefully rooftop gardens will catch on in Boston and here in Maryland!