High rise buildings are now being built across Bangladesh at a rapid rate. And the unused or underused spaces of these buildings' roofs can be beautifully decorated with gardening, popularly known as rooftop gardening. Of late, it has become so popular in the country that, if closely watched, we can easily notice such gardens in between every two to three buildings. Fruits, vegetables, and flower mixed plants based gardens are most popular among the city gardeners.
Rooftop gardens and greenery can help in easing some of the severe heat in cities, found a recent research by NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. It is true that rooftop gardening and small-scale veranda gardening cannot change the environment overnight but it improves the air quality. It should be kept in mind that rooftop gardening cannot give anyone much economic gain but the amount of natural closeness and recreation it provides is just priceless. Therefore, the city dwellers should be encouraged to start rooftop gardening as much as possible for the betterment of our environment.
Badsha Faysal,
Jurain, Dhaka,
badshafaysal1998@gmail.com