Rooftop Garden at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | This Week's WOW ep. 41
1,150 views · Published 9 May 2012 · 1:53 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis · 2012 · Entertainment
Bright yellow and purple flowers. Lush green vegetation. Sounds like you are on the roof! Wait. The roof? At The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, we have the Schaefer Rooftop garden, visible from the Sunburst Window. This beautiful garden is one of the ways the museum is trying to be greener and more sustainable. By adding this garden, we are helping with water conservation efforts. When water falls on this garden or enters the garden from gutters on the roof, it is absorbed by the soil, which is a mixture of clay and plant food. We have to use a special mixture so the garden doesn't become too heavy for the roof. Plants in the garden use the water and will even release this back into air. Water that is not used by the plants, particularly if we have a huge rainstorm is filtered by the plants and soil. Read more about it:
