Rooftop garden is a garden on the roof of  building. When you live in the city, you often have to get creative with every square inch of space. Rooftop garden is the ideal alternative way to enjoy all the virtues of gardening and outdoor space . It is ideal for urban environments, where ground garden space is limited. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological benefits, architectural enhancement, habitats  for wildlife, recreational opportunities, and in large scale it may even have ecological benefits.

Rooftop garden design can be distinguished from a green roof, although the two terms are often used interchangeably. Rooftop garden make  incorporate recreation, entertaining, and provide additional outdoor living space for the building’s residents. The garden may include planters, plants, dining and lounging furniture, outdoor structures such as pergolas and sheds, and automated irrigation and lighting systems.

Rooftop garden are most often found in urban environments. Plants have the ability to reduce the overall heat absorption of the building. The primary cause of heat build-up in cities is insolation, the absorption of solar radiation by roads and buildings in the city and the storage of this heat in the building material and its subsequent re-radiation.

Rooftop garden design is a high priority and important for urban planners. The environmental and aesthetic benefits to cities is the prime motivation.