On December 8th, 2010, PLANTS GROWING ON ALL THE ROMAN ROOFTOPS…

  gardens

a little impromptu wild garden on the roof of a market stall in Testaccio

…after six weeks of rain is worth looking up for – where you can see the story of Roman ruins begin before your very eyes, leaves falling, accumulating, decomposing, with dust settling, becoming fertile soil for any floating or bird-deposited seed to take root.