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Database research record2025·Romania (Bucharest)

BUILDING FOR PLANT CONSERVATION – A CASE STUDY FROM BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Anca Monica PARASCHIV, Eugenia NIȚĂ, Anca SÂRBU

Acta Horti Botanici Bucurestiensis

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This case study from Bucharest, Romania, describes a small, intensive rooftop garden built in 2011 on a 40 sqm private house terrace. The garden, created using ZinCo Technology, aims to conserve plants and reconnect people with nature. As of 2023, it hosts 55 taxa of vascular plants, including 51 non-native and 4 native species.