Roof garden
Above the city
Resilient planting and a sheltered place to sit above the rooftops.
Location
Bermondsey
Area
85 m²
Planted
2022
Photographed
September 2026
Design & planting
Tilth studio
The brief
A roof terrace that could survive wind and full sun, with a sheltered corner to sit in after work.
What we did
Weight limits shaped everything. Lightweight substrate, steel planters along the parapet and grasses that move with the wind instead of fighting it.
A low hedge of planting breaks the gusts around the seat. In September the whole roof turns gold against the chimneys.
After the rain
Late flowers
Seedheads in the wind
A few of the
living ingredients.
Selected planting
Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ · 18
Sesleria autumnalis · 40
Salvia nemorosa · 20
Allium ‘Globemaster’ · 30
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