- Rooftop gardens and green roofs have numerous environmental and wellbeing benefits.
- Australia is far behind international cities in implementing green roofs and rooftop gardens.
- Experts argue for changes in regulations to mandate green roofs in new developments and provide incentives for developers to include them.
- The City of Sydney and Melbourne are working on policies and amendments to increase the uptake of green roofs.
- The slow adoption of green roofs in Australia is attributed to challenges such as load capacity, waterproofing, and retrofitting issues.
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If you look down from Helen Baker’s apartment balcony, you’ll see big communal gardens filled with daises and olive trees, kangaroo paws and carpet roses.
But, despite their long list of possible benefits, experts acknowledge their take-up in Australia has generally been slow, and much slower than many comparable cities around the world.
It is a similar story in Melbourne where, in 2019, deputy lord mayor Nicholas Reece wrote an impassioned piece in The Age newspaper calling for the city’s buildings to add green roofs.
“Cities like Singapore, Toronto, Munich as well as Berlin, Chicago, London, Seattle, Tokyo and San Francisco, most recently New York have all created a greener city by introducing planning requirements that effectively mandate green roofs and green space in new developments,” he explains.
Dr Osmond wants to see councils look abroad to countries and cities which have had greater success than Australia at greening rooftops.
While back at Aberfeldie, Helen hopes more Australians have a chance to pick flowers and experience the joy of their own rooftop garden.
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