The several trees planted around the roof deck of the Goloveykos’ house and garden provide privacy and shade for her and her family. 

Julie Knutson, an Earth Science teacher at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy who teaches her students about sustainable solutions says that “tree cover is associated with up to 20-degree differences in temperature in Philadelphia…Vertical gardens and small forests create biodiversity and absorb carbon, which is really important and it’s not even that hard to create them.”