I really like this New York Times story by Randy Kennedy about growing a fig tree in Park Slope, Brooklyn. I’m itching to add squeeze just one more plant into our garden and I wonder if the Ficus carica ‘Chicago Hardy’ fig tree would be happy on our roof.
I hear that figs grow well in container gardens. If TheKitchn and the University of Illinois Extension say it can work, who am I to doubt?
Brooklyn Roof Garden 
Posted by Stine on July 10, 2012 at 10:25 am
Hi! I am curious to know how this project went! I am currently researching what trees I can container grow for our brooklyn roof garden, and I am dying to put a few fig trees up. Were they happy on your roof? Thanks for an inspiring blog!