Plus, there’s no shortage of sunlight on a roof, so these vegetables are sure to be healthy and happy. You can build them from a kit. By the way: A rooftop garden is not the same as a green roof.

When her two children were young, Barb Bryant wanted to get them interested in gardening ... into a 1,200-square-foot green roof, complete with perennials, vegetable plants, and an apple tree.

A green roof will soon be coming to life on top of Norfolk Botanical Garden’s new Brock Entry Pavilion, part of the Garden of Tomorrow expansion. The rooftop will set a high bar for sustainable ...